fanciful
Syllables: fan·ci·ful/ˈfænsɪfl̩/
fanciful adjective: imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
Adjective
fanciful (comparative more fanciful, superlative most fanciful)
- Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
- Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional
- It was fanciful to suppose that all he had to do would be to stride into a top law firm and he would be hired on the spot.
- Synonyms:
- conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional
- Unreal or imagined.
fanciful meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
fanciful in Hindi
- imaginative or unreal
- मनगढ़ंत managṛhant, कल्पित kalpit, काल्पनिक kālpanik
fanciful in Urdu
- البیلا, غیرحقیقی, خیالی, تصوری
fanciful in Bengali
- কাল্পনিক, অবাস্তব, খামখেয়ালি, উদ্ভাবনী শক্তিসম্পন্ন
fanciful in Malayalam
- സാങ്കല്പികമായ, ഭാവനയുള്ള, ചപലമായ, വിചിത്രമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- fanciful in Persian
- خیالانگیز xiyâl-angiz
- fanciful in Thai
- เพ้อฝัน pə́ə-fǎn
Examples of fanciful in a sentence
- The fanciful range of costumes they created together begins with a spin through French costume history.
- Hitler later devised a fanciful plan to recoronate the duke King of England.
- An artist's fanciful conception of a superplant of the future produced through the processes of DNA technology.
Synonyms of fanciful
Forms of fanciful
| comparative | more fanciful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fanciful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | fancifull |
| alternative form (obsolete) | phanciful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | phancifull |
Origin of fanciful
From fancy + -ful.
Words formed from fanciful
Questions about fanciful
- What does fanciful mean?
- Fanciful means imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
- What is fanciful in Hindi?
- Fanciful in Hindi is मनगढ़ंत (managṛhant), कल्पित (kalpit), काल्पनिक (kālpanik). See Fanciful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fanciful?
- Fanciful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fanciful?
- Fanciful is pronounced /ˈfænsɪfl̩/.
Words near fanciful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanciful (page history and authors); fanciful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Fanciful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fanciful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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