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TOEFL BNC: 13710 COCA: 13552

fanciful

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
fanciful /ˈfænsɪfəl/ adjective
fanciful
/ˈfænsɪfəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of FANCIFUL
[more fanciful; most fanciful]
: coming from the imagination想象的;空想的
: showing imagination : unusual and appealing有想象力的;别出心裁的

— fancifully

/ˈfænsɪfli/ adverb
TOEFL BNC: 13710 COCA: 13552

fanciful

adjective

fan·​ci·​ful ˈfan(t)-si-fəl How to pronounce fanciful (audio)
1
: marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
a fanciful person
a fanciful tale of a monster in the woods
2
: existing in fancy (see fancy entry 2) only
a fanciful notion
the falsehoods about some fanciful secret treaties F. D. Roosevelt
3
: marked by or as if by fancy or whim
gave their children fanciful names
fancifully adverb
fancifulness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for fanciful

imaginary, fanciful, visionary, fantastic, chimerical, quixotic mean unreal or unbelievable.

imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination.

an imaginary desert isle

fanciful suggests the free play of the imagination.

a teller of fanciful stories

visionary stresses impracticality or incapability of realization.

visionary schemes

fantastic implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief.

a fantastic world inhabited by monsters

chimerical combines the implication of visionary and fantastic.

chimerical dreams of future progress

quixotic implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence and common sense.

a quixotic crusade

Example Sentences

a fanciful tale of a monster in the woods They gave all their children fanciful names.
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fanciful was circa 1627
TOEFL BNC: 13710 COCA: 13552

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