nnoun.cognitionsomething many people believe that is falseSynset:fantasy illusion phantasy
Examples:- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Derivationally Related Form:fantasizefantasyillusionalfancyillusory
Hypernyms:misconception
Inherited Hypernyms:illusionmisconceptionideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bubbleignis fatuuswill-o'-the-wispwishful thinking
Full Hyponyms:bubblewill-o'-the-wispwishful thinking
nnoun.cognitionimagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imaginationExamples:- never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence
Derivationally Related Form:fancy
Hypernyms:imagination imaginativeness vision
Inherited Hypernyms:fancyimaginationcreativityabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.feelinga predisposition to like somethingSynset:fondness partiality
Examples:- he had a fondness for whiskey
- she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less
Derivationally Related Form:fancyfond
Hypernyms:liking
Inherited Hypernyms:fondnesslikingfeelingstateattributeabstractionentity
vverb.creationimagine; conceive of; see in one's mindSynset:envision figure image picture project see visualise visualize
Examples:- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
Derivationally Related Form:figurationimagevisualizerimagingpicturepicturingimageryfancyvisualizationenvisioningseer
Hypernyms:conceive of envisage ideate imagine
Inherited Hypernyms:visualizeimaginecreate by mental actmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Did he --- his major works over a short period of time? (apply to: envision, visualize)
vverb.emotionhave a fancy or particular liking or desire forSynset:go for take to
Examples:- She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
Derivationally Related Form:fancyfancier
Hypernyms:desire want
Inherited Hypernyms:fancydesire
Entailment:like
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They --- more bread (apply to: go for, fancy) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: fancy)
adjadj.allnot plain; decorative or ornamentedExamples:- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
Antonyms:plain
Inherited Hypernyms:fancy
Similar to:aureate flamboyant florid baroque churrigueresco churrigueresque busy fussy crackle damascene damask dressy elaborate luxuriant battlemented castellated castled embattled fanciful fantastic lacelike lacy puff puffed rococo vermicular vermiculate vermiculated
See also:adorned decorated rhetorical