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

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fantasies

I’m a late bloomer and worried I’m still missing out on living by being stuck in these idealized fantasies of what love could be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

There are plenty of fantasies that feel-good television shows set in the Big Apple sell.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

“Like, if they’re experiencing an urge and are worried their fantasies are turning into plans, who can they call immediately?”

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026

Clara spent this time wrapped in her fantasies, accompanied by the spirits of the air, the water, and the earth.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende