Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
- 3noun
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
- 4noun
Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
- 5noun
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- 6noun
A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
- 7intransitive verb
To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
- 8intransitive verb
To love.
- 9transitive verb
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
- 10transitive verb
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- 11transitive verb
To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
- 12adjective
Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.
- 13adjective
Extravagant; above real value.
- 14noun
a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- 15noun
something many people believe that is false
"they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
- 16noun
a predisposition to like something
"he had a fondness for whiskey"
Synonyms
- 17verb
imagine; conceive of; See in one's mind
"I can't see him on horseback!"
"I can see what will happen"
- 18verb
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
"She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
- 19adjective
not plain; decorative or ornamented
"fancy handwriting"
"fancy clothes"
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