Definition of fanciful

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of fanciful is as below...

Fanciful (a.) Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects..

Lern More About Fanciful

Similitude :: Similitude (n.) The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile..
Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..
Conceit :: Conceit (n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Whimsy :: Whimsy (n.) A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit..
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.
Gingerbread :: Gingerbread (n.) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes..
Idealogue :: Idealogue (n.) One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator.
Romanticness :: Romanticness (n.) The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression..
Conundrum :: Conundrum (n.) A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion..
Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress..
Noctiluca :: Noctiluca (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
Fantasy :: Fantasy (n.) Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor..
Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..
Fantastic :: Fantastic (a.) Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
Fantasticism :: Fantasticism (n.) The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.
Filigree :: Filigree (a.) Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us