New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Fanciful — Fan ci*ful, a. 1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. [1913 Webster] 2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fanciful — [fan′sə fəl] adj. 1. full of fancy; indulging in fancies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical 2. created in the fancy; imaginary; not real [a fanciful tale] 3. showing fancy in construction or design; quaint; odd [fanciful costumes]… … English World dictionary
fanciful — index arbitrary, arbitrary and capricious, capricious, delusive, fictitious, ill founded, illusory, insubstantial … Law dictionary
fanciful — 1620s, from FANCY (Cf. fancy) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Fancifully … Etymology dictionary
fanciful — imaginary, visionary, fantastic, chimerical, quixotic Analogous words: *fictitious, fabulous, mythical, apocryphal, legendary: bizarre, grotesque, *fantastic: preposterous, absurd (see FOOLISH): *false, wrong Antonyms: realistic Contrasted words … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fanciful — [adj] imaginary, romantic absurd, aerial, bizarre, blue sky*, capricious, castles in the air*, chimerical, curious, dreamlike, extravagant, fabulous, fairy tale, fancied, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious, fictive, flaky*, floating,… … New thesaurus
fanciful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) over imaginative and unrealistic. 2) existing only in the imagination. 3) highly ornamental or imaginative in design. DERIVATIVES fancifully adverb fancifulness noun … English terms dictionary
fanciful — [[t]fæ̱nsɪfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe an idea as fanciful, you disapprove of it because you think it comes from someone s imagination, and is therefore unrealistic or unlikely to be true. ...fanciful ideas about Martian… … English dictionary
fanciful — fancifully, adv. fancifulness, n. /fan si feuhl/, adj. 1. characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers. 2. suggested by fancy; imaginary; unreal: fanciful lands of romance … Universalium
fanciful — fan|ci|ful [ˈfænsıfəl] adj 1.) imagined rather than based on facts often used to show disapproval ▪ a fanciful story ▪ The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful. 2.) full of unusual and very detailed shapes or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
