Main entry: fancy
Definition: a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
Main entry: phantasy, fancy, fantasy, illusion
Definition: something many people believe that is false
Usage: they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Main entry: fancy, fondness, partiality
Definition: a predisposition to like something
Usage: he had a fondness for whiskey
Main entry: figure, envision, fancy, project, picture, see, image, visualise, visualize
Definition: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Usage: I can't see him on horseback!; I can see what will happen; I can see a risk in this strategy
Main entry: fancy, take to, go for
Definition: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
Usage: She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
Main entry: fancy
Definition: not plain; decorative or ornamented
Usage: fancy handwriting; fancy clothes