Fanciful

['fænsɪfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['fænsɪfl]

Definition

(adj.) indulging in or influenced by fancy; 'a fanciful mind'; 'all the notional vagaries of childhood' .

(adj.) having a curiously intricate quality; 'a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers' .

(adj.) not based on fact; unreal; 'the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties'- F.D.Roosevelt; 'a small child's imaginary friends'; 'to create a notional world for oneself' .

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Definition

(a.) Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.

(a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.

(a.) Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.

Editor: Natasha

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Visionary, imaginative, whimsical, CAPRICIOUS.[2]. Chimerical, imaginary, ideal, fantastical, wild.

Typist: Theodore

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Grotesque, chimerical, unreal, imaginary, quaint, eccentric, freakish,humorsome, erroneous, capricious, whimsical, erratic, absurd, fitful

ANT:Natural, literal, regular, real, sober, ordinary, truthful, accurate, correct,orderly, calculable

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