Synonyms for fancy
ˈfæn sifan·cy

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1. fancyverb

   Decorative.

   The film rose from Stephen's fancy.

   Synonyms:
   decorative, ornate

   Antonyms:
   simple, plain

2. fancyverb

   would like

   I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.

   Synonyms:
   feel like

3. fancyadjective

   Executed with skill.

   He initiated the game winning play with a fancy, deked saucer pass to the winger.

   Synonyms:
   like

4. fancyadjective

   Unnecessarily complicated.

   I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.

   Synonyms:
   highfalutin

   Antonyms:
   simple

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1. fancy

   An intellectual fancy is a mental image or picture founded upon slight or whimsical association or resemblance; a conceit has less of the picturesque and more of the theoretic than a fancy; a conceit is somewhat aside from the common laws of reasoning, as a fancy is lighter and more airy than the common mode of thought. A conceit or fancy may be wholly unfounded, while a conception always has, or is believed to have, some answering reality. (Compare REASON.) An intellectual fancy or conceit may be pleasing or amusing, but is never worth serious discussion; we speak of a mere fancy, a droll or odd conceit. An emotional or personal fancy is a capricious liking formed with slight reason and no exercise of judgment, and liable to fade as lightly as it was formed. In a broader sense, the fancy signifies the faculty by which fancies or mental images are formed, associated, or combined. Compare synonyms for DREAM; IDEA; IMAGINATION.

   Synonyms:
   belief, caprice, conceit, conception, desire, humor, idea, image, imagination, inclination, liking, mood, predilection, supposition, vagary, whim

   Antonyms:
   actuality, certainty, fact, reality, truth, verity

   Preposition:
   To have a fancy for or take a fancy to a person or thing.

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1. fancy

   Synonyms:
   thought, belief, idea, supposition, imagination, caprice, notion, conceit, vagary, inclination, whim, humor, predilection, desire

   Antonyms:
   object, subject, fact, reality, order, law, truth, system, verity, aversion, horror, fantastic

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1. illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancynoun

   something many people believe that is false

   "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

   Synonyms:
   deception, legerdemain, fantasy, trick, illusion, delusion, phantasy, magic trick, thaumaturgy, head game, conjuring trick, fondness, semblance, magic, conjuration, partiality

   Antonyms:
   vanilla, chaste, featureless, dry, mere(a), stern, simple(a), austere, trim, severe, simple, stark, bare(a), inelaborate, literal, homely, unelaborate, plain, tailored

2. fancynoun

   a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

   Synonyms:
   phantasy, partiality, illusion, fantasy, fondness

   Antonyms:
   chaste, stark, mere(a), literal, simple(a), simple, vanilla, plain, inelaborate, dry, homely, trim, austere, stern, bare(a), featureless, tailored, unelaborate, severe

3. fondness, fancy, partialityadjective

   a predisposition to like something

   "he had a fondness for whiskey"

   Synonyms:
   tenderness, heart, warmheartedness, partisanship, philia, partiality, illusion, affectionateness, warmness, affection, warmth, lovingness, phantasy, fondness, fantasy

   Antonyms:
   simple(a), vanilla, plain, mere(a), austere, bare(a), featureless, simple, trim, severe, homely, inelaborate, stern, dry, tailored, unelaborate, stark, chaste, literal

4. fancyverb

   not plain; decorative or ornamented

   "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"

   Antonyms:
   vanilla, stern, austere, unelaborate, severe, stark, mere(a), dry, bare(a), trim, literal, chaste, simple, plain, homely, simple(a), tailored, featureless, inelaborate

5. visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, imageverb

   imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

   "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, project, interpret, examine, look, experience, get word, visualise, watch, assure, image, run across, go steady, protrude, learn, cast, run into, enter, discover, escort, jut, pick up, visit, reckon, jut out, consider, forecast, come across, cypher, get a line, externalize, get wind, contrive, take care, calculate, control, ascertain, insure, attend, compute, date, realize, see, check, stick out, foresee, meet, propose, witness, go for, count on, catch, construe, design, estimate, regard, visualize, picture, plan, find, work out, go through, take in, view, take to, throw, hear, render, externalise, go out, envision, determine, see to it, encounter, figure, find out, cipher, understand, depict, show, send off, realise

   Antonyms:
   stern, trim, dry, austere, featureless, mere(a), simple, plain, unelaborate, chaste, vanilla, tailored, homely, stark, simple(a), bare(a), inelaborate, severe, literal

6. fancy, go for, take toverb

   have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

   "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"

   Synonyms:
   visualise, visualize, figure, take to, hold, image, project, consent, accept, hope, see, envision, go for, apply, picture, try for

   Antonyms:
   stark, unelaborate, featureless, severe, tailored, dry, austere, homely, simple, stern, inelaborate, plain, mere(a), trim, literal, chaste, vanilla, bare(a), simple(a)

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1. fancynoun

   Synonyms:
   IMAGINATION

2. fancynoun

   Synonyms:
   notion, idea, thought, conception, conceit, impression, apprehension

3. fancynoun

   Synonyms:
   liking, fondness, inclination, PENCHANT, taste

4. fancynoun

   Synonyms:
   caprice, humor, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, whimsey, maggot, fantasy, odd fancy

5. fancyverb

   Synonyms:
   imagine, think, suppose, believe, take it into one's head

6. fancyverb

   Synonyms:
   conceive, imagine, form a conception of, figure to one's self

7. fancyverb

   Synonyms:
   like, be pleased with, have a fancy for

8. fancyadjective

   Synonyms:
   imaginative, of the fancy

9. fancyadjective

   Synonyms:
   ornamental (rather than useful), elegant, fine, nice

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1. fancyadjective

   Synonyms:
   ornate, elaborate, ornamental, fanciful, exorbitant, fabulous, extravagant

2. fancynoun

   Synonyms:
   imagination, conception, conceit, idea, apprehension, impression, opinion, notion, caprice, whim, whimsey, fantasy, vagary, maggot, crotchet, inclination, liking, fondness, penchant, taste

3. fancyverb

   Synonyms:
   believe, imagine, apprehend, conjecture, conceive, like

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1. List of paraphrases for "fancy":

   chic, fantasy, fanciful, classy, novelty, luxurious, whim, caprice, elegant, knack, swell, imitation, imagination, costume, nice

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1. List of known nicknames for "Fancy":

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1. John Christian Bovee:

   Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

2. David Bennett:

   The Gemological Institute of America, the highest body for grading diamonds, have given this stone their highest possible grading, which is vivid pink, it's so strong the color. That makes it a very rare stone indeed, in fact it's the largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond ever to be offered at auction.

3. Donald Trump:

   Rick Santorum've got all these new fancy models and Rick Santorum want to take them for a drive.

4. State Mike Pompeo:

   UN Security Council Resolution 2231 is unambiguous where An Iranian official is a participant in the UN Security, An Iranian official's just there in language, there is nothing magic about this. There is no fancy -- someone suggested this is fancy lawyering. It's just reading, we are going to make sure that come October of this year, the Iranians aren't able to buy conventional weapons.

5. Zach Norris:

   Sometimes they just miss it, they don’t know, it's not a very fancy-looking piece. You have to know what it is.