fancy

fancy is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.
2. noun. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
3. noun. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
4. noun. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
5. noun. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
6. noun. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
7. intransitive verb. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
8. intransitive verb. To love.
9. transitive verb. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
10. transitive verb. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
11. transitive verb. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
12. adjective. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.
13. adjective. Extravagant; above real value.
14. noun. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
15. noun. something many people believe that is false

    "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

    Synonyms: fantasy, illusion, phantasy

16. noun. a predisposition to like something

    "he had a fondness for whiskey"

    Synonyms: fondness, partiality

17. verb. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

    "I can't see him on horseback!"

    "I can see what will happen"

    Synonyms: envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize

18. verb. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

    "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"

19. adjective. not plain; decorative or ornamented

    "fancy handwriting"

    "fancy clothes"

Synonyms

fantasy, illusion, phantasy, fondness, partiality, envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize

Common word forms

fancied, fancier, fancies, fancily, fanciest, fancying

Words from these letters

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