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fancy > 6 senses
ADJECTIVE1fancyNot plain
NOUN1fancy, illusion, fantasy, phantasySomething many people believe that is false
2fancyFancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
3fancy, fondness, partialityA predisposition to like something
VERB1fancy, visualize, visualise, envision, project, see, figure, picture, imageImagine
2fancy, go for, take toHave a fancy or particular liking or desire for
fancy > pronunciation
Soundsfae'nsiy
Rhymesabsorbency, Ac / AC, accountancy, and 246 more rhymes in siy at the HyperDic website...
fancy > adjective
MeaningNot plain. Decorative or ornamented.
Examples"fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
Similaraureate, florid, flamboyant, showy; baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco; busy, fussy; battlemented, castellated, castled, crenelated, crenellated; dressy; crackle; damascene; damask; elaborate, luxuriant; embattled, crenelated, crenelate, crenellated, crenellate, indented; fanciful; garnished; lacy, lacelike; puff, puffed; rich; rococo; vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated
See alsoadorned, decorated; rhetorical
Contraryplain
fancy > noun 1, cognition
MeaningSomething many people believe that is false.
Synonymsillusion, fantasy, phantasy
Narrowerbubble; will-o'-the-wisp, ignis fatuus; wishful thinking
Broadermisconception
Verbsfancy
fancy > noun 2, cognition
MeaningFancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination.
Broaderimagination, imaginativeness, vision
Verbsfancy
fancy > noun 3, feeling
MeaningA predisposition to like something.
Synonymsfondness, partiality
Broaderliking
Verbsfancy
fancy > verb 1, creation
MeaningImagine. Conceive of. See in one's mind.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonymsvisualize, visualise, envision, project, see, figure, picture, image
Broaderimagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
Similar tounderstand, realize, realise, see; visualize, visualise
Nounsfancy; fancy
fancy > verb 2, emotion
MeaningHave a fancy or particular liking or desire for.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
ModelThey fancy more bread; Sam cannot fancy Sue
Synonymsgo for, take to
Entailslike
Broaderdesire, want
Nounsfancy; fancier

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