FANTASIED Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈfan-tə-sēd

Definition of fantasied

as in imaginary

not real and existing only in the imagination most of those auditioning had only a fantasied talent for singing

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fantasied

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verb

past tense of fantasy

as in imagined

to form a mental picture of She regularly fantasies exciting adventures.

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Adjective

The book used an imaginary dialogue between two women to explain the principles of economics, collecting the ideas of the new science together in a way that had never before been attempted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Bill Irwin isn’t going anywhere — knock on all available wood — except quickly to the imaginary bathroom just off stage right several times a night as his character’s regimen of enemas kicks in.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of imaginary

Verb

Cher’s iconic yellow plaid outfit evoked Kim’s Catholic school girl uniform as imagined by Donatella Versace.

— Jonathan Van Meter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
People such as Sarah Burns, the mother of a Camas runner who walked off the start line in protest last week, never imagined herself playing the role of activist when the cross country season began.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of imagined

Adjective

The latest season, currently being aired, depicts a fictional Chinese intelligence agency capturing and torturing some of the Japanese spies.

— Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
To make the investigation personal, Ashton is using the cheerleaders’ photos as suspect pictures, while co-captain Mackenzie has supplied fun facts for their fictional police statements.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of fictional

Verb

The backstory Tyler Cauble, a local real estate developer, looked at the Congress Inn for years and envisioned a place that served both locals and visitors.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
In agriculture, the systems are envisioned as field operations centers, drone stations, equipment hubs, and distributed farm intelligence facilities.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of envisioned

Adjective

This Lincolnian view of the war—that the United States was perpetual and that the Confederate States of America was a fictitious, farcical nation—has led to various historical interpretations ever since, among historians and laypeople alike.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
The series will be set in a fictitious Barneys in Beverly Hills, not New York, and the real founding family of the retailer, the Pressman family, has no involvement, the spokesperson said.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of fictitious

Adjective

Basquiat himself was the star of Downtown 81, playing a mythic version of himself.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
In their utopian reconstruction of a mythic past, the Agrarians’ polemics failed to mention the South’s legacies of slavery and rebellion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of mythical

Verb

Four save slots per game and a rewind function introduce a few conveniences that players in 1983 could only have dreamed about.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Having once dreamed a modern India would be able to move past divisions of religion and caste, Jinnah became disillusioned.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

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