fantasy

  • 11fantasy — index fiction, figment, myth, story (falsehood), vision (dream) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

    Law dictionary

  • 12fantasy — (n.) early 14c., illusory appearance, from O.Fr. fantaisie (14c.) vision, imagination, from L. phantasia, from Gk. phantasia appearance, image, perception, imagination, from phantazesthai picture to oneself, from phantos visible, from phainesthai …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 13fantasy — /ˈfantazi, ingl. ˈfæntəsɪ/ [vc. ingl., propr. «fantasia»] s. f. inv.; anche agg. (di genere letterario) fantastico □ mitologico, fiabesco …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 14fantasy — 1 fancy, imagination Analogous words: imagining, fancying, conceiving, envisioning (see THINK): externalizing, objectifying (see REALIZE) 2 *fancy, phantasy, phantasm, vision, dream, daydream, nightmare Analogous words: *delusion, illusion,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 15fantasy — [n] imagination, dream air castle, apparition, appearance, Atlantis*, bubble*, chimera, conceiving, creativity, daydream, delusion, envisioning, externalizing, fabrication, fairyland*, fancy, fancying, fantasia, figment*, flight, flight of… …

    New thesaurus

  • 16fantasy — ► NOUN (pl. fantasies) 1) the imagining of improbable or impossible things. 2) an idea with no basis in reality. 3) a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure. ORIGIN Greek phantasia imagination, appearance , from phantazein… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 17Fantasy — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Fantasy (homonymie). Couverture du magazine pulp américain …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 18Fantasy — Fan|ta|sy 〈[ fæ̣ntəsı] f.; ; unz.〉 Stilrichtung der Unterhaltungsliteratur od. Filmgattung, in der Märchen u. Traumwelten dargestellt werden [engl., „Fantasie, Trugbild“] * * * Fan|ta|sy [ fæntəzi ], die; [engl. fantasy = Fantasie]: Bereich… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 19fantasy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ mere, pure, sheer, total ▪ Most of what they told us was pure fantasy. ▪ ultimate ▪ the ultimate human fantasy: being able to fly …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 20fantasy — 01. Tolkien s novel trilogy The Lord of the Rings is generally considered the father of modern [fantasy] literature. 02. My friend has this [fantasy] of getting married, and having kids and all that, but the fact is she has a lot of trouble in… …

    Grammatical examples in English