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Definitions

fantasy

[fan-tuh-see, -zee] / ˈfæn tə si, -zi /
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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Jessica and a friend were set to leave for a long road trip to a fantasy convention in South Bend, Indiana.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Lore Segal’s conversational stories, Francis Spufford’s time-traveling fantasy, a murder in Scotland and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Turner, who grew up in Warwickshire, shot to fame as Sansa Stark in HBO's fantasy epic Game of Thrones, and went on to appear as Jean Grey in the X-Men films.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Tolkien once described his defining high fantasy in a frequently quoted letter as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.”

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Because there had to be something more than either the fantasy or horror.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.