Mathematicians are poets, except that they have to prove what their fantasy creates.
Source: tatoeba (1793)
Fantasy
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Synonyms for "fantasy" (248 found)
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Strong matches (74)
depth of thoughtdereismdereistic thinkingdesiderationdesiredetective storydisplacementdissociationdivagatedreamdream ofdreamingdriveeagernesseidolonemotional insulationenchantmentengrossmentenvisioningescape
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escape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismextravagancefablefabliaufadfairy talefancyfantasizefantasizingfantasquefantastic notionfantasticismfantasyingferliefictionfigmentfigment of the imaginationfigurefit of abstractionflightflight of fancyflimflamfolk storyfolktalefool notionformfreakfreak outfreakish inspirationfumes of fancygestghost storygo woolgatheringgrotesqueriehallucinationharebrained ideahopehormehorse operahumorideaidealidle fancyidolumimageimageryimagination
Noun(3 words)
Related words (124)
imaginativenessimagininginsubstantial imageintellectual curiosityinventioninventivenessisolationkinklegendlibidolove storylust for learningmaggotmake believemake-believemarchenmasquerademegrimmindmiracle
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miragemoonmooningmoonrakingmusemusefulnessmusingmuted ecstasymysterymystery storymythmythologymythosneednegativismnightmarenotionnursery taleoriginalityovercompensationparablepassing fancypassionphantasmphantasmaphantasmagoriaphantompipepipe dreampipe-dreampipe-dreamingpleasurepleasure principlepreoccupationpresenceprodigyprojectionpsychotaxisquirkrainbowrationalizationresistancereverieromancesci fiscience fictionsexual desireshadeshadowshapeshockersick fancysignsociological adjustive reactionsspace fictionspace operaspecterstargazestargazingstraystretch of the imaginationstudysublimationsubstitutionsuspense storythick-coming fanciesthirst for knowledgethrillertoytrancetripurgevagaryvaporvisionwaking dreamwalter mittywanderwantwantingwaywesternwestern storywesternerwhimwhim whamwhim-whamwhimsywhodunitwildest dreamwildest dreamswillwill and pleasurewishwish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawalwonderwonderworkwoolgatheringwork of fictionwraith
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Translations
163 translations across 61 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fantasie noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Albanian
2 entries- fantazi noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantazi noun (literary genre)
Arabic
2 entries- خَيَال noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- فَنْتَازِيَا noun (literary genre)
Armenian
4 entries- երևակայություն noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- ֆանտազիա noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- ֆանտաստիկա noun (literary genre)
- ֆենտեզի noun (literary genre)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- fantastika noun (literary genre)
- fentezi noun (literary genre)
Belarusian
4 entries- вы́мысел noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- выабражэ́нне noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- выабражэ́ньне noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- уяўле́нне noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Bulgarian
4 entries- въображе́ние noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- фанта́зия noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- фанта́стика noun (literary genre)
- фе́нтъзи noun (literary genre)
Catalan
2 entries- fantasia noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasia noun (literary genre)
Chinese
1 entries- 奇幻 noun (literary genre)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 奇幻 noun (literary genre)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 奇幻 noun (literary genre)
- 幻想 noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- 空想 noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Czech
3 entries- fantasy noun (literary genre)
- fantazie noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- výmysl noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Danish
2 entries- fantasi noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasy noun (literary genre)
Dutch
2 entries- fantasie noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasy noun (literary genre)
Esperanto
1 entries- fantazio noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Estonian
3 entries- fantaasia noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantaasia noun (literary genre)
- imeulme noun (literary genre)
Finnish
4 entries- fantasia noun (literary genre)
- fantasiakirjallisuus noun (literary genre)
- fantasiakuvio noun (fantastical design)
- gamma noun (slang: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid — see also gamma-hydroxybutyric acid)
French
4 entries- fantaisie noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantaisie noun (literary genre)
- fantasme noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasy noun (literary genre)
Georgian
2 entries- ფანტასტიკა noun (literary genre)
- ფენტეზი noun (literary genre)
German
4 entries- Fantasie noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- Fantastik noun (literary genre)
- Fantasy noun (literary genre)
- Phantasie noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Greek
2 entries- λογοτεχνία του φανταστικού noun (literary genre)
- φαντασία noun (literary genre)
Hindi
4 entries- कल्पना noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- कल्पना noun (literary genre)
- काल्पनिक noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- काल्पनिक noun (literary genre)
Hungarian
4 entries- agyszülemény noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasy noun (literary genre)
- fantázia noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- képzelet noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Icelandic
1 entries- fantasía noun (literary genre)
Ido
1 entries- fantazio noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Indonesian
1 entries- fantasi noun (literary genre)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- خِیال noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- فانْتِزی noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- فانْتِزی noun (literary genre)
Irish
1 entries- fantaisíocht noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Italian
2 entries- fantasia noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasy noun (literary genre)
Japanese
4 entries- ファンタジー noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- ファンタジー noun (literary genre)
- 幻想 noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- 狂想 noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Kazakh
3 entries- фантастика noun (literary genre)
- фэнтези noun (literary genre)
- қиял noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Korean
4 entries- 공상 noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- 상상 noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- 판타지 noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- 판타지 noun (literary genre)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- кыял noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- фантастика noun (literary genre)
- фэнтези noun (literary genre)
Lao
1 entries- ຈິນຕະມິນິດ noun (literary genre)
Latin
1 entries- somnium noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Latvian
2 entries- fantastika noun (literary genre)
- fantāzija noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Lithuanian
2 entries- fantastika noun (literary genre)
- fantazija noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Macedonian
1 entries- фантастика noun (literary genre)
Malay
1 entries- fantasi noun (literary genre)
Māori
1 entries- paki pohewa noun (literary genre)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fantasy noun (literary genre)
Polish
4 entries- fantastyka noun (literary genre)
- fantasy noun (literary genre)
- fantazja noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantazja noun (literary genre)
Portuguese
2 entries- fantasia noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasia noun (literary genre)
Romanian
2 entries- fantezie noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- literatură fantastică noun (literary genre)
Russian
4 entries- воображе́ние noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- вы́мысел noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- фанта́зия noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- фанта́стика noun (literary genre)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fantàstika noun (literary genre)
- фанта̀стика noun (literary genre)
Slovak
3 entries- fantasy noun (literary genre)
- fantázia noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- predstava noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Slovene
3 entries- fantastika noun (literary genre)
- fantazija noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantazija noun (literary genre)
Spanish
2 entries- fantasía noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- lirismo noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Swahili
1 entries- fantasia noun (literary genre)
Swedish
2 entries- fantasi noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fantasy noun (literary genre)
Tagalog
1 entries- pantasya noun (literary genre)
Tajik
3 entries- фантазия noun (literary genre)
- фантастика noun (literary genre)
- хаёл noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Tatar
2 entries- фантастика noun (literary genre)
- фэнтези noun (literary genre)
Thai
4 entries- การฝันเฟื่อง noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- ความเพ้อฝัน noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- จินตนิมิต noun (literary genre)
- แฟนตาซี noun (literary genre)
Turkish
2 entries- fantezi noun (literary genre)
- hayal noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Turkmen
2 entries- fantastika noun (literary genre)
- fantaziýa noun (literary genre)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́гад noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- ви́гадка noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- ви́мисел noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- уя́ва noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Urdu
1 entries- فَنْطاسِیَہ noun (literary genre)
Uzbek
4 entries- fantastika noun (literary genre)
- fantaziya noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
- fentezi noun (literary genre)
- xayol noun (that which comes from one's imagination)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kì ảo noun (literary genre)
- kỳ ảo noun (literary genre)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Fantasy is often the mother of art.
Source: tatoeba (18170)
In his fantasy, he imagined he was a famous writer.
Source: tatoeba (18172)
A talking dictionary is no longer a fantasy.
Source: tatoeba (25460)
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