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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

Example Sentences

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We’re starting to get a sense that at least some of these promises aren’t fantasies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Prosecutor Nicholas de la Poer KC described the fantasies as "seething with hatred".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Most fantasies of who samurai were, in Japan and abroad, are derived from Edo-period sources.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

All were box-office hits, and all spoke to the revenge fantasies of a public worried about street crime.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Her eyes were too heavy to read, she wouldn’t play the pianoforte for fear of another embarrassing encounter, and she most certainly wouldn’t amuse herself with fantasies of what the feast was like.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas