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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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You and your AI buddy would share inside jokes, light teasing, “remember when” stories of things you did in the past and fantasies or plans for the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

We’re starting to get a sense that at least some of these promises aren’t fantasies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Thinking back, it was precisely because she was too busy working to focus on me that I was given the freedom to pursue my own fantasies of becoming a writer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

All were box-office hits, and all spoke to the revenge fantasies of a public worried about street crime.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

As you wordlessly daydream, your thoughts drift from idea to idea: visual images, odd observations, snatches of melody, fun facts, old grudges, pleasant fantasies, memorable moments.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker