fancy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something many people believe that is false
they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Types & categories
- misconception hypernym
- bubble hyponym
- will-o'-the-wisp hyponym
- wishful thinking hyponym
Related & opposite
- picture derivation
- fantasy derivation
- illusional derivation
- illusive derivation
Sense 2 verb
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
I can't see him on horseback!
Types & categories
- imagine hypernym
Related & opposite
- figuration derivation
- effigy derivation
- ikon derivation
- fancy derivation
- imaging derivation
- picturing derivation
- fancy derivation
- image derivation
- visual image derivation
- mental picture derivation
- illusionist derivation
- visualizer derivation
- see verb group
- visualise verb group
Sense 3 adjective
not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy handwriting
Related & opposite
- adorned also see
- rhetorical also see
- plain antonym
- aureate similar to
- baroque similar to
- busy similar to
- dressy similar to
- crackle similar to
- damascene similar to
- damask similar to
- elaborate similar to
- castled similar to
- fanciful similar to
- fantastic similar to
- lacy similar to
- puff similar to
- rococo similar to
- vermicular similar to
Sense 4 noun
a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
Types & categories
- imagination hypernym
Related & opposite
- picture derivation
Sense 5 verb
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a predisposition to like something
he had a fondness for whiskey
Types & categories
- liking hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | picture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantasy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | illusional |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | illusive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | misconception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bubble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | will-o'-the-wisp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wishful thinking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | figuration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | effigy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ikon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imaging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | picturing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | image |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | visual image |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mental picture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | illusionist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | visualizer |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | see |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | visualise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | imagine |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | adorned |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | rhetorical |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | plain |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | aureate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | baroque |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | busy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dressy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | crackle |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | damascene |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | damask |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | elaborate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | castled |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fanciful |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fantastic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | lacy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | puff |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rococo |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | vermicular |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | picture |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | imagination |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fondness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fancier |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | like |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | take to |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fondp |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | liking |