fantasy

noun

(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

That which comes from one's imagination.

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

A fantastical design.

verb

(transitive) To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.

(intransitive) To conceive mentally; to imagine.

(transitive) (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize about something).

(intransitive) (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

Roots

phantasiafantas- · Greek · imagination, appearance

Synonyms for fantasy

illusionn figmentn fictionn dreamn imaginationn fancyadj reverien daydreamingn mythos delusionn

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Where does fantasy come from?

The word fantasy breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root fantas-, from Greek phantasia (“imagination, appearance”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.