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Definitions

fanciful

[fan-si-fuhl] / ˈfæn sɪ fəl /
ADJECTIVE
imaginary, romantic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absurd bizarre extravagant fantastic fantastical fictional imaginative offbeat preposterous unreal whimsical
WEAK
aerial blue-sky capricious castles in the air chimerical curious dreamlike fabulous fairy-tale fancied fictitious fictive flaky floating ideal illusory imagined incredible kinky legendary mythical notional on cloud nine pie in the sky pipe dream poetic shadowy suppositious visionary wild
Antonyms
STRONGEST
normal reasonable sensible usual
WEAK
grave ordinary real serious sincere unfanciful unimaginative unromantic

Example Sentences

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The publication took a rather more fanciful approach for some calculations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

It is not fanciful to suspect that Iranian capabilities are being degraded very quickly.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Altay Bayindir will not be replacing him any time soon and the idea Andre Onana might come back from his loan spell in Turkey to reclaim the number-one role is fanciful.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Siphonophores -- largely translucent creatures in fanciful shapes resembling toddlers' drawings -- glowed as they drifted by, and silver, fingernail-sized fish skittered out of the sub's wake.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Although she kept an eye out for unicorns, Kendra saw no fanciful creatures.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull