Fancying

Synonyms for "fancying" (720 found)

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decorative fanciful fantastic fantasy flamboyant fondness fussy highfalutin illusion like luxuriant rococo visualize a bit much abandoned accept account as adept admiration adoration

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adore adorned adroit affection affinity agape aim at ambition ambitious amor animus apparition appetence appetency appetite apprehension approve apt arabesque ardency ardor artistic assume attachment attraction authoritative automatic response awe inspiring awe-inspiring awful babylonian bag barbaric baroque battlemented be afraid be desirous of be fond of be partial to bee befrilled believe bent bias blind impulse bodily love boundless boutade brain wave brainchild brainstorm bravura brilliant brotherly love bubble burn with love busy byzantine capriccio caprice capricious care care for caritas charity chichi chimera choice choose chosen kind christian love churrigueresque classy clean clever coin colored command complex complicated conation conatus conceit conceive concept conception conceptualize conclude concoct concupiscence conjecture conjugal love conjure up consider contrariness coordinated corinthian costly crack crackerjack crackle crank crave craving craze crazy idea create creation

Noun(16 words)

partiality freak admirer affinity aficionado amusement avocation bag bent boutade buff capriccio caprice conceit conception connoisseur

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creativeness creativity crotchet cunning cup of tea curiosity cute cutthroat daedal daedalian damascene damask daresay daydream dear dear-bought decision decorated deduce deem

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deft delirium delusion delusive deluxe desiderate desideration desire determination device devotion dexterous dextrous diplomatic discretion disposition divine dote dote on dote upon dream dream up dressy drive druthers eagerness egregious eidolon elaborate elegant embellished embroidered endorse enjoin enjoy enormous envisage envisagement envision envisioning eros esteem estimate exacting exaggerated excellent excessive exorbitant expect expensive experience imaginatively expert extortionate extravagant extreme fable fabricate fabrication fabulous fad faithful love fancible fantasize fantasque fantastic notion fantasticism fascination favor feel feel like fervor festooned fiction fictionalize figment figment of the imagination figurative figured fine flame flash fleeting impulse flight of fancy flimflam florid flossy flowery fool notion freak freakish inspiration free choice free love free will free-lovism frilly fumes of fancy gather gigantic gingerbread glorious gluttonous go go for good goodish gouge gouging graceful grand grandiose grant grossly overpriced guess gut response hallucination handy hanker hankering harebrained idea hatch have a hunch have a mind to have an idea have an impression have an inkling have designs on have eyes for have high regard for have it bad have the idea heart hero worship high high end high flown high flying high-class high-flown high-flying high-priced high-toned high-wrought highfaluting hold hold as hope horme humor hunger for hyperbolic hypertrophied idea ideal ideate idle fancy idolatry idolism idolization illusory image imagery imagination

Noun(22 words)

crotchet cup of coffee cup of joe cup of tea delirament devotee diversion divertisement enthusiast fan fanatic fancier fangle fantasy fiend figary flisk fondness geek hobby

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Adjective(5 words)

decorative eye-watering high-end high-quality highfalutin

Verb(7 words)

envision feel like figure go for have a thing hypothesize image

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intellectual object intemperate intention intricate invent invention inventiveness involuntary impulse irrationality judge kink labored lacelike lasciviousness leaning let let be libido liking lofty long long for longing look upon as love lovemaking lush lust lust after lust for learning luxurious luxury maggot magisterial magnificent maintain majestic make make believe make up make-believe mania married love masterful masterly megrim memory-trace mental image mental impression mind mirage mold monstrous moresque mutual affinity mutual attraction myth natural impulse neat need nightmare no mean noble not affordable notion objectification objective observation of great cost opine opinion originate ornamental ornamented ornate ostentatious out of bounds out of sight out of this world outrageous overbig overcharged overdeveloped overelaborate overelegant overgreat overgrown overlabored overlarge overloaded overmuch overpriced overweening overworked overwrought palatial pander partiality particular choice passing fancy passion peculiarity penchant perception personal choice perverseness phantasm phantom physical love picture picturesque pine for platonic love pleasure pleasure principle plush politic popular regard popularity posh prank predilection predisposition prefer preference prefigure prejudice premium prepossession preposterous presume presuppose presurmise pretentious pretty-pretty pricey prime princely proclivity produce professional proficient prohibitive propensity proud provisionally accept puffed purple quality quick quick hunch quirk quite some rage ready realize recept reckon reflection reflex regard relish representation repute resolution resourceful rich ritzy romance sanction say select sentiment set down as sex sexual desire sexual love shape shine showy sick fancy skillful skyrocketing slick some special spiraling spiritual love splendacious splendid splendiferous stately statesmanlike steep stiff stretch of the imagination style stylish sudden thought sumptuous superb superfancy superfine superior suppose supposition surmise suspect swank swanky swell sympathy tactful take take for take for granted take it take to take to be taste tendency tender feeling tender passion the compleat the complete theory thick-coming fancies thing think think highly of think up think well of thirst thirst for knowledge thought tony too much top toy trip trow truelove turn type unbridled unconscionable understand undue unpayable unrealistic unreality unreasonable unreasonableness unrestrained unwarranted urge usurious uxoriousness vagary vapor vaunting velleity vermiculated view as virtuoso vision visionary volition want wanting way weakness ween well done well-done whim whim wham whim-wham whimsical whimsy wildest dream wildest dreams will will and pleasure will power wish wish for wish fulfillment wish to goodness wish very much workmanlike worship would fain do yearn yearning

Verb(9 words)

imagine like picture project see take to think much of visualise visualize

Noun(35 words)

impression junkie kill-time kink lark liking maggot maniac megrim partisan pastime penchant phantasy predilection predisposition preference proclivity propension propensity pursuit

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rooter shine someone's cup of tea spleen sport taste thing thought toy trash vagary whim whim-wham whimsy zealot

Adjective(1 words)

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I’m fancying an American firm.

Source: tatoeba (2658732)

I came home to my fortification, not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man.

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These sad fancyings – chimeras, doubtless, of a sick and silly brain – led on the other and more special thoughts, concerning the eccentricities of Bartleby.

Source: wiktionary

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