fantasy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
imagination unrestricted by reality
a schoolgirl fantasy
Types & categories
- imagination hypernym
- pipe dream hyponym
- fantasy life hyponym
- fairyland hyponym
Related & opposite
- fantasist derivation
- fantasy derivation
- fantastical derivation
- fantastic derivation
Sense 2 verb
indulge in fantasies
he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company
Types & categories
- imagine hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
Types & categories
- fiction hypernym
- science fiction hyponym
Related & opposite
- fantasist derivation
Sense 4 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
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantasist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantasy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantastical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantastic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imagination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pipe dream |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fantasy life |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fairyland |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantasy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fancy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | imagine |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantasist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fiction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | science fiction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | picture |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fantasy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | illusional |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | illusive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | misconception |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bubble |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | will-o'-the-wisp |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wishful thinking |