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Detailed Synonyms for fancy in English

fancy:

fancy [the ~] noun

  1. the fancy
    the preference; the choice; the taste; the fancy; the liking
  2. the fancy
    the quirk; the caprice; the whim; the mood; the spur of the moment; the fancy
  3. the fancy
    – a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination 1
    the fancy
    – a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination 1
  4. the fancy
    – something many people believe that is false 1
    the fancy; the illusion; the fantasy; the phantasy
    – something many people believe that is false 1
    • fancy [the ~] noun
    • illusion [the ~] noun
      • they have the illusion that I am very wealthy1
    • fantasy [the ~] noun, American
    • phantasy [the ~] noun, British
  5. the fancy
    – a predisposition to like something 1
    the fancy; the fondness; the partiality
    – a predisposition to like something 1

to fancy verb (fancies, fancied, fancying)

  1. to fancy
    to like; to fancy; have a taste for; to be fond of
  2. to fancy
    to fancy; to please; to think fit; to like; do what you think is right
  3. to fancy
    – imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind 1
    to see; to fancy; image; to figure; to project; to picture; visualize; envision; visualise
    – imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind 1
    • see verb (sees, saw, seeing)
      • I can't see him on horseback!1
      • I can see what will happen1
      • I can see a risk in this strategy1
    • fancy verb (fancies, fancied, fancying)
    • image verb
    • figure verb (figures, figured, figuring)
    • project verb (projects, projected, projecting)
    • picture verb (pictures, pictured, picturing)
    • visualize verb, American
    • envision verb
    • visualise verb, British
  4. to fancy
    – have a fancy or particular liking or desire for 1
    to fancy; go for; take to
    – have a fancy or particular liking or desire for 1
    • fancy verb (fancies, fancied, fancying)
      • She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window1
    • go for verb
    • take to verb

Conjugations for fancy:

present
  1. fancy
  2. fancy
  3. fancies
  4. fancy
  5. fancy
  6. fancy
simple past
  1. fancied
  2. fancied
  3. fancied
  4. fancied
  5. fancied
  6. fancied
present perfect
  1. have fancied
  2. have fancied
  3. has fancied
  4. have fancied
  5. have fancied
  6. have fancied
past continuous
  1. was fancying
  2. were fancying
  3. was fancying
  4. were fancying
  5. were fancying
  6. were fancying
future
  1. shall fancy
  2. will fancy
  3. will fancy
  4. shall fancy
  5. will fancy
  6. will fancy
continuous present
  1. am fancying
  2. are fancying
  3. is fancying
  4. are fancying
  5. are fancying
  6. are fancying
subjunctive
  1. be fancied
  2. be fancied
  3. be fancied
  4. be fancied
  5. be fancied
  6. be fancied
diverse
  1. fancy!
  2. let's fancy!
  3. fancied
  4. fancying
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

fancy

  1. fancy

fancy adj

  1. fancy
    – not plain; decorative or ornamented 1
    fancy
    – not plain; decorative or ornamented 1
    • fancy adj
      • fancy handwriting1
      • fancy clothes1

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Related Definitions for "fancy":

  1. not plain; decorative or ornamented1
    • fancy handwriting1
    • fancy clothes1
  2. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination1
  3. something many people believe that is false1
  4. a predisposition to like something1
  5. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind1
  6. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for1
    • She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window1

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