Dec 5, 2016 · The meaning of FANCY is to have a fancy for : like. How to use fancy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fancy.

He obviously fancies a goal or two. He fancies staying around for the weekend final couple of days. Nobody fancies hanging around in these conditions.

Something imagined or invented by the mind: "As the fancies that kept crowding in upon him only made him more excited, he got out of bed and tried to think." (Sherwood Anderson).

Fancy, fantasy, imagination refer to qualities in literature or other artistic composition.

Dec 26, 2025 · fancy (third-person singular simple present fancies, present participle fancying, simple past and past participle fancied) (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.

a mental image or conception. He had happy fancies of being a famous actor. Synonyms: phantasm, idea, impression, notion, thought an idea or opinion with little foundation; illusion. Her belief that she …

When she was young she fancied herself a rebel. There are two things he fancies – fast cars and thunderous music.

• I hadn't been sober and I'd quite fancied my chances with one of the birds. fancy (that) • It is called the Top-Flite Magna and Spalding - correctly, one fancies - anticipate much scepticism.

Fancy [= imagine] our embarrassment when the police showed up at the door. “The baby she brought home was the wrong one.” “ Fancy that!” [= imagine that] I fancy (that) I've met him before. They …

Synonyms for FANCIES: dreams, fantasies, illusions, visions, daydreams, delusions, ideas, unrealities; Antonyms of FANCIES: facts, realities, actualities, dislikes, hatreds, distastes, disgusts, aversions