noun
something many people believe that is false
Synonyms
Examples
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
noun
imagination or fantasy
Examples
- held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence
noun
a predisposition to like something
Synonyms
Examples
- he had a fondness for whiskey
- "she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less
verb
imagine
Synonyms
Examples
- conceive of
- see in one's mind
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
verb
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
Synonyms
go for
take to
Examples
- She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
adjective
not plain
Examples
- decorative or ornamented
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes