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- pronunciation:
- faen
si
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
fancier, fanciest |
| definition 1: |
When something is fancy, it has things that make it special and not ordinary. A fancy thing is not simple and plain. A fancy cake might have icing of different colors or patterns, or it might have many flowers or some other decorations on it. Fancy things often cost more than things that are simple.
All the guests soon arrived at the palace in their fancy clothes.The older couple don't want a fancy wedding. They want everything to be simple.The famous actor bought a fancy house in the most expensive part of the city.- synonyms:
- elaborate
- antonyms:
- plain, simple
- similar words:
- decorative
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| definition 2: |
A fancy thing is something that requires a lot of skill to do or to make.
The ice skater showed her talent to the judges with her fancy moves.Mr. Cole bought his wife a box of fancy chocolates for her birthday.- synonyms:
- excellent, fine
- similar words:
- elegant, magnificent, skillful, superior
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| related words: |
steep, valuable |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
fancies |
| definition 1: |
A fancy is something you see in your mind or something that you wish for but may not become real.
Emma has a fancy that someday she will travel to every country in the world.- synonyms:
- vision
- similar words:
- daydream, dream, fiction, mind
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| definition 2: |
When something is a product of fancy, it is created from someone's imagination.
The art teacher asked the students to paint something of their own fancy. She said it could be as strange as they want it to be.- synonyms:
- imagination
- similar words:
- fantasy, tendency
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| definition 3: |
When you have a fancy for something, you have a liking for it.
Maddie has had a fancy for horses ever since she was very little, and she hopes to own one someday.- similar words:
- desire, taste, weakness
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| related words: |
concept, favor, image, like, make-believe, passion, vision, wish |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
fancies, fancying, fancied |
| definition 1: |
When you fancy something, you imagine or picture it. If you fancy yourself as a famous artist, you have that picture of yourself in your imagination.
My mom asked me if I could fancy my dad as a spy. I said I couldn't.- synonyms:
- imagine, picture
- similar words:
- dream, think
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| definition 2: |
When you fancy something, you like it.
Katie never fancied chicken soup until her mom made it with fresh ingredients.- synonyms:
- like
- similar words:
- adore, enjoy, love, prefer
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| related words: |
adore, desire, favor, like, pretend, suppose |
| derivations: |
fancily (adv.), fanciness (n.) |
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