fantasy
- nounADJECTIVE▪ mere, pure, sheer, total▪
Most of what they told us was pure fantasy.
▪ ultimate▪the ultimate human fantasy: being able to fly
▪ utopian▪ wild▪She dismissed the idea as a wild fantasy.
▪ escapist▪ paranoid▪ violent▪ revenge▪She was seething with anger and filled with revenge fantasies.
▪ personal, private, secret▪ childhood, childish▪ adolescent▪ erotic, romantic, sexual▪ maleVERB + FANTASY▪ enjoy, entertain, have, indulge in▪She didn't entertain silly fantasies about love at first sight.
▪They indulge in teenage fantasies about being the greatest rock band in the world
▪ build, create, weave▪She had woven a whole fantasy about living near the coast.
▪ feed, feed off, fuel▪ act out▪Children can act out their fantasies in a secure environment.
▪ fulfil/fulfill, indulge, live, live out, play out, satisfy▪My childhood fantasies were finally fulfilled.
▪He was willing to indulge her wildest fantasies.
▪He was able to play out his fantasy of rock stardom.
FANTASY + NOUN▪ life▪ land, realm, world▪You're living in a fantasy world.
▪ figure▪children that project their own identities onto fantasy figures
▪ adventure, book, film, game, genre, movie, novel, story, writer▪ baseball, basketball, football, sports (esp. AmE)▪ league, teamPREPOSITION▪ fantasy about▪She had a fantasy about going to live on a South Pacific island.
▪ fantasy of▪adolescent fantasies of power, glory and recognition
PHRASES▪ the realm of fantasy (esp. AmE), the realms of fantasy (BrE)▪The idea belonged in the realms of fantasy.
▪ a world of fantasy▪She felt she had entered a world of fantasy.
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