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fancy definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fancy Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fancy Entailment of verb fancy 1 of 2 senses of fancy Sense 2 fancy, go for take to => like Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb fancy 2 senses of fancy Sense 1 visualize, envision, project, fancy, see figure, picture, image => imagine, conceive of ideate, envisage Sense 2 fancy, go for take to => desire, want Familiarity of verb fancy fancy used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fancy Sense 1 visualize, envision, project, fancy, see figure, picture, image => imagine, conceive of ideate, envisage -------------- Sense 2 fancy, go for take to => desire, want -------------- Grep of noun fancy fancy fancy-dress ball fancy dress fancy man fancy woman fancywork infancy Overview of noun fancy The noun fancy has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy -- (something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy") 2. (1) fancy -- (fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination) 3. fondness, fancy, partiality -- (a predisposition to like something "he had a fondness for whiskey") Overview of verb fancy The verb fancy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) visualize, envision, project, fancy, see figure, picture, image -- (imagine; conceive of see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy") 2. (1) fancy, go for take to -- (have a fancy or particular liking or desire for "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window") Overview of adj fancy The adj fancy has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) fancy -- (not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes") Antonyms of adj fancy 1 sense of fancy Sense 1 fancy (vs. plain) plain (vs. fancy) => austere, severe, stark => bare(postnominal), mere(postnominal), simple(postnominal) => dry => dry => featureless => homely => inelaborate, unelaborate => literal, pure and simple => tailored, trim => chaste => simple Similarity of adj fancy 1 sense of fancy Sense 1 fancy (vs. plain) => aureate, florid, flamboyant, showy => baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco => busy, fussy => battlemented, castellated, castled, crenelated, crenellated => dressy => crackle => damascene, damascened => damask => elaborate, luxuriant => embattled, crenelated, crenelate, crenellated, crenellate, indented => fanciful => garnished => lacy, lacelike => rich => rococo => vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated => puff, puffed Also See-> adorned#1, decorated#1; rhetorical#2 Attributes of adj fancy Familiarity of adj fancy fancy used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj fancy fancy fancy-free Overview of noun fancy The noun fancy has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy -- (something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy") 2. (1) fancy -- (fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination) 3. fondness, fancy, partiality -- (a predisposition to like something "he had a fondness for whiskey") Overview of verb fancy The verb fancy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) visualize, envision, project, fancy, see figure, picture, image -- (imagine; conceive of see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy") 2. (1) fancy, go for take to -- (have a fancy or particular liking or desire for "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window") Overview of adj fancy The adj fancy has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) fancy -- (not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes")
fancy definition
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