FANCIED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

fancied

verb

Definition of fancied

past tense of fancy

as in imagined

to form a mental picture of try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India

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as in enjoyed

to take pleasure in the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown

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Recent Examples of fancied Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel. — ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 West Ham, Wolves and Burnley bring recent Premier League experience, while Middlesbrough, Southampton, Birmingham, Norwich and Sheffield United are all fancied ahead of Wrexham for promotion. — Dean Jones, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The region’s data centers are important not only to the US military and AI industries but also to the Gulf region, which fancied itself a third global AI hub, along with the United States and China. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026 The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 The place first opened 93 years ago when Jack Fry, a guy who fancied boxing, gambling and horse racing, opened a tavern with his wife, Flossie. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 Brian would ask him as a homosexual thing—a good-looking boy who Brian fancied. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026 In the years following, Francesca and John's cousin Michael Stirling, who always fancied her, grow closer, and eventually their relationship progresses from friendship to courtship. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026

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Layers are everywhere in 2026, but this time the haircut is being imagined as less edgy and a bit softer—more flowing, more subtle.

— Lucy Binder, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2026
From the outset of the original life-size Gundam project, this has turned into something far greater than was initially imagined.

— Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of imagined

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For hundreds of thousands of years, our species has enjoyed the warmth and protection of a good fire before bedtime.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
During their weeks-long hiatus, Navarro enjoyed vacationing with loved ones, while Goldberg shared clips of her attending art shows across Europe.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of enjoyed

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If Tom Ford as envisioned by the man himself felt like the most glamorous of nights out, Ackermann considers his iteration of the brand the liminal space that follows.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
That facility is envisioned as a commercial-scale manufacturing plant capable of initially producing a few reactor reload batches per year and expanding over time.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of envisioned

Verb

The dominant eight-wicket win ended an eight-match losing streak in the format outside Pakistan and, given the paucity of success in recent times, a 1-1 draw in the Caribbean was to be savoured.

— Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Despite placing seventh at the Commonwealth Games last month, Goodburn savored the accomplishment of making the final.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

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