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

2 of 2

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 wealth tax opponents have applied the age-old technique of mustering superficially plausible, but largely imaginary, consequences of passage.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The genre gave him considerably more freedom to invent architectural settings, mixing classical ruins, waterways, and figures into elaborate imaginary landscapes.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of imaginary

Verb

The sense that a resume goes straight into a black box isn’t imagined – applications per job have more than doubled since 2022, and the average company now has 56% fewer recruiters to review them.

— Owen Humphries, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Diego ended up being far more involved in the delivery than either of them ever imagined.

— Robbie Owens, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of imagined

Adjective

Gascón will play Manuela, a teacher in an elite school, and Ituño the the role of Evita, the personal secretary to the prime minister of the series’ fictional country.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
The series takes place during the fictional two-term Democratic administration of President Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of fictional

Verb

His loneliness is somewhat mitigated by the other sentient AIs he’s uploaded to his mindspace, envisioned by creator Terry Matalas (Syfy’s 12 Monkeys) as a big white house on a purposefully digital green lawn.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Another personal detail of the partnership, meanwhile, is how the duo envisioned these new travel bags being worn.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of envisioned

Adjective

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
Dempsey appeared in Disney’s fantasy romance Enchanted (2007) as Robert Philip, a New York divorce lawyer whose orderly life is disrupted by the arrival of a fairy-tale princess (played by Amy Adams) from the fictitious land of Andalasia.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fictitious

Adjective

Waller is one of the NFL’s few mythical figures — one whose story precedes his stats, whose name supersedes his acclaim.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
With the season’s final two episodes not provided to critics, there’s no way to say yet whether The Lowdown achieves that mythical outcome of all mystery seasons, the Finale That Pulls It All Together.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of mythical

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