fantasy Synonyms
Another word for fantasy
• noun (Context 1)
The faculty or activity of imagining impossible, improbable, or extravagant things.
"His elaborate plans for instant wealth were pure imagination with no basis in economics."
• noun (Context 2)
A pleasant mental image or scenario created by the imagination to fulfill a conscious or unconscious wish.
"She often indulged in a quiet daydream of retiring to a small cottage by the sea."
• noun (Context 3)
A genre of imaginative fiction, film, and art involving magic, supernatural phenomena, and imaginary worlds.
"Modern epic fairy tale owes a significant literary debt to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien."
• adjective (Context 4)
Based on, characteristic of, or belonging to the genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and supernatural worlds.
"The author is best known for her sprawling fictional novels set in a medieval kingdom."
• noun (Context 5)
A musical composition of a free, improvisatory form not bound by strict structural conventions.
"The pianist opened the recital with a lesser-known fantasia in D minor by Mozart."
• verb (Context 6)
To imagine or conceive of something in a fanciful or daydreaming manner.
"As a child, he often fantasied that the woods behind his house were inhabited by dragons."
Opposites of fantasy
The opposite of fantasy shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: