fan·cy /ˈfænsi/
1. something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
synset: illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy
2. imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination; "never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence"
synset: fancy
3. a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"; "she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less"
synset: fondness, fancy, partiality
1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
synset: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
2. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
synset: fancy, go_for, take_to
1. not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
synset: fancy
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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