phantasy

/ˈfæntəsi/

Other forms: phantasies

Definitions of phantasy

1. noun

   imagination unrestricted by reality
   synonyms: fantasy

   types:

   dream, pipe dream

   a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

   fantasy life, phantasy life

   an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world

   fairyland, fantasy world, phantasy world

   something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)

   paracosm

   a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history

   type of:

   imagination, imaginativeness, vision

   the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
2. noun

   fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
   synonyms: fantasy

   types:

   science fiction

   literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society

   cyberpunk

   a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies

   type of:

   fiction

   a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
3. noun

   something many people believe that is false
   synonyms: fancy, fantasy, illusion

   types:

   bubble

   an impracticable and illusory idea

   ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp

   an illusion that misleads

   wishful thinking

   the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

   type of:

   misconception

   an incorrect conception
4. verb

   indulge in fantasies
   synonyms: fantasise, fantasize, fantasy

   type of:

   conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine

   form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case