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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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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

Most fantasies of who samurai were, in Japan and abroad, are derived from Edo-period sources.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

In the most ambitious boycott fantasies, the U.S. will somehow be canceled as host nation, only weeks before the tournament’s kickoff.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

What starts out as hopeful scrolling quickly turns into defeat, and I sort of wish I could start a support group for all these people with their regrets and what-if fantasies.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera