fanciful

fanciful is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.
2. adjective. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.
3. adjective. Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.
4. adjective. indulging in or influenced by fancy

   "a fanciful mind"

   "all the notional vagaries of childhood"

   Synonyms: notional

5. adjective. having a curiously intricate quality

   "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"

6. adjective. not based on fact; unreal- F.D.Roosevelt

   "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"

   "a small child's imaginary friends"

   Synonyms: imaginary, notional

Synonyms

notional, imaginary

Common word forms

fancifully, fancifulness

Words from these letters

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