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fancy

/ˈfæn.si/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables

Fancy means: not plain; decorative or ornamented.

Synonyms for fancy57

noun, as in something many people believe that is false

illusion, fantasy, phantasy

noun, as in a predisposition to like something

fondness, partiality

verb, as in imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

visualize, visualise, envision, project, see, figure, picture, image, understand, realize, realise

verb, as in have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

go for, take to

adjective, as in not plain; decorative or ornamented

aureate, florid, flamboyant, baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco, busy, fussy, dressy, crackle, damascene, damask, elaborate, luxuriant
and 10 more, embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated, crenelated, fanciful, fantastic, lacy, lacelike, puff

also used for fancy

conception, thought, idea, impression, boutade, caprice, capriccio, conceit, crotchet, delirament, fangle, figary, flisk, affinity, bag

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Opposites of fancy

plain

What does fancy mean?6

adjective

1

not plain; decorative or ornamented“fancy handwriting”

verb

1

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind“I can't see him on horseback!”

2

have a fancy or particular liking or desire for“She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window”

noun

1

something many people believe that is false“they have the illusion that I am very wealthy”

2

a predisposition to like something“he had a fondness for whiskey”

3

imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination“never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fancy?2

two syllables

nancy

three syllables

fiancee
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Fancy in a sentence

  • You'll never get the best of me, you and your fancy words.DJ_Saidez
  • Uh, mister fancy pants learned a new word.mashi
  • Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.CN
  • If you don't fancy it, you can go home.sundown
  • The bathroom wasn't particularly fancy, but it served its purpose.frpzzd
  • Pardon me, but do you have any fancy mustard?Eccles17
  • Do not fancy yourselves to be special, for you are not so.Theocracy
  • Fancies are like shadows . . . you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.Hybrid

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Forms of fancy

as a noun

plural
fancies

as a verb

past tense
fancied
present participle
fancying
third-person singular
fancies
past participle
fancied

as a adjective

comparative
fancier
superlative
fanciest