Overview of noun fancy

The noun fancy has 3 senses

• illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy -- (something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy")


• fancy -- (a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination)


• fondness, fancy, partiality -- (a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey")

Overview of verb fancy

The verb fancy has 2 senses

• visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image -- (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy")


• fancy, go for, take to -- (have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window")

Overview of adj fancy

The adj fancy has 1 sense

• fancy -- (not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes")