fancy
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1. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | imagination, imaginativeness, vision, |
definition | : | the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses (noun.cognition) |
2. something many people believe that is false (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | misconception, |
definition | : | an incorrect conception (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | bubble, |
definition | : | an impracticable and illusory idea (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | wishful thinking, |
definition | : | the illusion that what you wish for is actually true (noun.cognition) |
3. a predisposition to like something (noun.feeling)
hypernym | : | liking, |
definition | : | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment (noun.feeling) |
4. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb.creation)
verb group | : | visualise, visualize, |
definition | : | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract (verb.creation) |
5. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for (verb.emotion)
hypernym | : | desire, want, |
definition | : | feel or have a desire for; want strongly (verb.emotion) |
entail | : | like, |
definition | : | find enjoyable or agreeable (verb.emotion) |
6. not plain; decorative or ornamented (adj.all)
similar | : | busy, fussy, |
definition | : | overcrowded or cluttered with detail (adj.all) |
similar | : | dressy, |
definition | : | in fancy clothing (adj.all) |
similar | : | crackle, |
definition | : | having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware (adj.all) |
similar | : | damascene, |
definition | : | (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals (adj.all) |
similar | : | damask, |
definition | : | having a woven pattern (adj.all) |
similar | : | elaborate, luxuriant, |
definition | : | marked by complexity and richness of detail (adj.all) |
similar | : | fanciful, |
definition | : | having a curiously intricate quality (adj.all) |
similar | : | fantastic, |
definition | : | extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance (adj.all) |
similar | : | lacelike, lacy, |
definition | : | made of or resembling lace (adj.all) |
similar | : | puff, puffed, |
definition | : | gathered for protruding fullness (adj.all) |
similar | : | rococo, |
definition | : | having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation (adj.all) |
also | : | adorned, decorated, |
definition | : | provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction (adj.all) |
also | : | rhetorical, |
definition | : | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought (adj.all) |
7. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize, envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize, |
definition | : | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb.creation) |
8. something many people believe that is false (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | illusive, illusory, |
definition | : | based on or having the nature of an illusion (adj.all) |
9. a predisposition to like something (noun.feeling)
derivation | : | fancy, go for, take to, |
definition | : | have a fancy or particular liking or desire for (verb.emotion) |
derivation | : | fond, partial, |
definition | : | (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for (adj.all) |
10. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb.creation)
derivation | : | figuration, |
definition | : | representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory (noun.act) |
derivation | : | effigy, image, simulacrum, |
definition | : | a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | icon, ikon, image, picture, |
definition | : | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | fancy, |
definition | : | a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | image, mental image, |
definition | : | an iconic mental representation (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | visualiser, visualizer, |
definition | : | one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual (noun.person) |
11. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for (verb.emotion)
derivation | : | enthusiast, fancier, |
definition | : | a person having a strong liking for something (noun.person) |
12. not plain; decorative or ornamented (adj.all)
antonym | : | plain, |
definition | : | not elaborate or elaborated; simple (adj.all) |
13. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize, envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize, |
definition | : | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb.creation) |
14. something many people believe that is false (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | illusive, illusory, |
definition | : | based on or having the nature of an illusion (adj.all) |
15. a predisposition to like something (noun.feeling)
derivation | : | fancy, go for, take to, |
definition | : | have a fancy or particular liking or desire for (verb.emotion) |
derivation | : | fond, partial, |
definition | : | (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for (adj.all) |
16. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb.creation)
derivation | : | figuration, |
definition | : | representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory (noun.act) |
derivation | : | effigy, image, simulacrum, |
definition | : | a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | icon, ikon, image, picture, |
definition | : | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | fancy, |
definition | : | a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | image, mental image, |
definition | : | an iconic mental representation (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | visualiser, visualizer, |
definition | : | one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual (noun.person) |
17. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for (verb.emotion)
derivation | : | enthusiast, fancier, |
definition | : | a person having a strong liking for something (noun.person) |
18. not plain; decorative or ornamented (adj.all)
antonym | : | plain, |
definition | : | not elaborate or elaborated; simple (adj.all) |
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