Synonyms of the word

fancy

• n. The imagination.
• n. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea.
• n. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; an impression.
• n. A whim.
• n. Love or amorous attachment.
• n. The object of inclination or liking.
• n. Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
• n. The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
• n. A diamond with a distinctive colour.
• n. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
• n. (obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
• n. In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
• adj. Decorative.
• adj. Of a superior grade.
• adj. Executed with skill.
• adj. (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
• adj. (obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
• v. (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
• v. (Britain) would like.
• v. (Britain, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
• v. (dated) To imagine, suppose.
• v. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
• v. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.

adorned

• v. simple past tense and past participle of adorn.
• adj. Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).

aureate

• adj. Golden in color or shine.
• adj. (rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often…

baroque

• adj. ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
• adj. complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
• adj. chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
• adj. embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.

battlemented

• adj. Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.

busy

• adj. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
• adj. Engaged in activity or by someone else.
• adj. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
• adj. Officious; meddling.
• v. (transitive) To make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
• v. (transitive) To rush somebody.
• n. (slang, Britain, Liverpudlian, derogatory) A police officer.

castellated

• adj. Having turrets or battlements, like a castle.
• adj. (obsolete) Enclosed within a building.

castled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of castle.

crackle

• n. A fizzing, popping sound.
• n. (pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
• n. (physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration,…
• v. (intransitive) To make a fizzing, popping sound.

crenelate

• v. To furnish with crenelles.
• v. To indent; to notch.

crenelated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of crenelate.
• adj. Having crenellations or battlements.
• adj. Having a series of square indentations.

crenellate

• v. To furnish with crenelles.
• v. To indent; to notch.

crenellated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of crenellate.
• adj. Having crenellations or battlements.
• adj. Having a series of square indentations.

damascene

• adj. inlaid with silver or gold.
• adj. Of or from Damascus.
• v. (transitive) To decorate (metalwork) with a peculiar marking or water produced in the process of manufacture,…
• n. Archaic form of damson.
• n. A breed of pigeon.

damask

• n. An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
• n. Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast…
• n. A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture…
• n. Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.
• n. A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
• n. A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
• adj. Of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
• v. To decorate or weave in damascene patterns.

decorated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of decorate.
• adj. Having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.

desire

• v. To want; to wish for earnestly.
• v. To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
• v. To want emotionally or sexually.
• v. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
• v. To require; to demand; to claim.
• v. To miss; to regret.
• n. (countable) Someone or something wished for.
• n. (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
• n. (uncountable) Motivation.
• n. (uncountable) The feeling of desire.

dressy

• adj. Elegant, smart, or stylish.

elaborate

• adj. Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
• adj. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
• v. (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).

embattled

• adj. Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates.
• adj. Prepared or armed for battle.
• adj. Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations.
• adj. (heraldry) Drawn with a line of alternating square indentations and extensions.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of embattle.

envisage

• v. To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.

envision

• v. (transitive) To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.

fanciful

• adj. imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined.

fantastic

• adj. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
• adj. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
• adj. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
• adj. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

fantasy

• n. That which comes from one's imagination.
• n. (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary…
• n. A fantastical design.
• n. (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
• v. (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize (about).
• v. (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

figure

• n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
• n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• n. A numeral.
• n. A number.
• n. A shape.
• n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• n. A dance figure, a complex dance move^W.
• n. A figure of speech.
• n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
• n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
• v. To solve a mathematical problem.
• v. To come to understand.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
• v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
• v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
• v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
• v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
• v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
• v. (music) To embellish.

flamboyant

• adj. Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• adj. (architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
• n. The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.

florid

• adj. Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
• adj. Elaborately ornate; flowery.
• adj. (of a disorder, especially mental) In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.

fondness

• n. the quality of being fond.

fussy

• adj. Anxious or particular about petty details.
• adj. Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be ill-tempered (especially of babies).

garnished

• v. simple past tense and past participle of garnish.

ideate

• v. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
• v. To generate an idea.
• n. (metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence…

illusion

• n. (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
• n. (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
• n. (countable) A magician’s trick.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

image

• n. An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
• n. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
• n. (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image,…
• n. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to…
• n. (mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.
• n. (mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
• n. (obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.
• v. (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
• v. (transitive) To reflect, mirror.
• v. (transitive) To create an image of.
• v. (transitive, computing) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

imagination

• n. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously…
• n. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
• n. Creativity; resourcefulness.
• n. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining;…

imaginativeness

• n. The characteristic of being imaginative.

imagine

• v. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
• v. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.
• v. (transitive) To assume.
• v. (transitive) To conjecture or guess.
• v. (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

indented

• v. simple past tense and past participle of indent.
• adj. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
• adj. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
• adj. (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
• adj. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
• adj. (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

lacelike

• adj. Resembling lace.

lacy

• adj. Made of lace or decorated with it.
• adj. Looking like lace.

liking

• v. present participle of like.
• n. A like; a predilection.

luxuriant

• adj. Abundant in growth or detail.

misconception

• n. a mistaken belief, a wrong idea.

partiality

• n. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

phantasy

• n. Dated form of fantasy.
• n. (psychology) The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality.

picture

• n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface,…
• n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
• n. A painting.
• n. A photograph.
• n. (informal) A motion picture.
• n. (dated, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
• n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
• n. An attractive sight.
• n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
• n. A figure; a model.
• n. Situation.
• v. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
• v. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
• v. (transitive) To depict.

project

• n. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
• n. (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
• n. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
• n. (obsolete) A projectile.
• n. (obsolete) A projection.
• n. (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.
• v. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
• v. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
• v. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
• v. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
• v. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own…
• v. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

puff

• n. (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
• n. (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
• n. (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
• n. (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality.
• n. (dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up…
• n. A puffball.
• n. A powder puff.
• n. (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
• n. (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
• n. (derogatory, slang, Britain, particularly northern UK) a homosexual; a poof.
• n. (slang, dated, Britain) Life.
• v. (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
• v. (intransitive) To pant.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To advertise.
• v. To blow as an expression of scorn.
• v. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
• v. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
• v. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
• v. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
• v. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
• v. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
• v. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

puffed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of puff.
• adj. Inflated or swollen.
• adj. Consisting of a puff.
• adj. (of cereals) Expanded by the use of steam.
• adj. (informal) Synonym of puffed out (panting from exercise).

rhetorical

• adj. Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
• adj. Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.

rococo

• n. A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
• adj. Of, or relating to the rococo style.
• adj. Over-elaborate or complicated.
• adj. Old-fashioned.

see

• v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
• v. To form a mental picture of.
• v. (social) To meet, to visit.
• v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
• v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
• v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
• v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
• v. (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
• v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
• n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
• n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric.
• n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

vermicular

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or having the form of a worm; vermiculate.

vermiculate

• v. To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.
• adj. Like a worm; resembling a worm.
• adj. Vermiculated.

vermiculated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of vermiculate.
• adj. Decorated with lines like worm tracks.

vision

• n. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
• n. Something seen; an object perceived visually.
• n. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
• n. (by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
• n. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
• n. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
• n. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
• v. (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
• v. (transitive) To provide with a vision.

visualise

• v. (British spelling, transitive) To envisage, or form a mental picture (of something).
• v. (transitive) To make (something) visible.

visualize

• v. (American) Alternative spelling of visualise.

want

• v. (transitive) To wish for or to desire (something).
• v. (intransitive, now dated) To be lacking, not to exist.
• v. (transitive) To lack, not to have (something).
• v. (transitive, colloquially with verbal noun as object) To be in need of; to require (something).
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
• n. (countable) A desire, wish, longing.
• n. (countable, often followed by of) Lack, absence.
• n. (uncountable) Poverty.
• n. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
• n. (Britain, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.