Definition of FANTASY

fantasy

Meanings

Plural: fantasies

Noun

  • imagination unrestricted by reality
    • "a schoolgirl fantasy"
  • fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
  • something many people believe that is false
  • That which comes from one's imagination.
  • The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
  • A fantastical design.
  • The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Verb

  • indulge in fantasies
  • To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.
  • To fantasize about something).
  • To conceive mentally; to imagine.
  • To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

Origin / Etymology

Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy.
Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy.

Scrabble Score: 13

fantasy is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fantasy is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fantasy is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

fantasy is a valid Words With Friends word