fantasies

NOUN

imagination, dream

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delusion fancy illusion nightmare reverie vision

STRONG

Atlantis apparition appearance bubble chimera conceiving creativity daydream envisioning externalizing fabrication fairyland fancying fantasia figment flight hallucination imaginativeness imagining invention mirage objectifying originality rainbow trip utopia vagary

WEAK

air castle flight of imagination fool's paradise head trip mind trip

Antonyms

STRONGEST

actuality certainty fact reality truth

Example Sentences

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The court heard Chail was a Star Wars obsessive who fantasised about being a 'Sith' lord character from the film series with the name "Darth Chailus".

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

The son of a wildlife biologist from Salt Lake City, he grew up with a passion for nature but also fantasised about following in the footsteps of Gene Kelly.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2021

Her lawyers say that as she lost touch with reality, she fantasised about being pregnant.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2021

While Sweetener fantasised a utopia Grande hadn’t quite reached, much of Thank U, Next digs deeper into the aftermath.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019

Despite the touted liberties of the female pill, many feminists fantasised about the male equivalent as a matter of biological and social justice.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2018