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Synonyms of fantasy in English:

fantasy


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noun

1‘the movie is ambitious in its mix of fantasy and realism’

SYNONYMS
imagination, creativity, fancy, invention, originality, vision, speculation, make-believe, daydreaming, reverie
ANTONYMS

truth, realism

2‘his fantasy about appearing on television’

SYNONYMS
dream, daydream, pipe dream, flight of fancy, fanciful notion, wish, wishful thinking
fond hope, chimera, delusion, illusion, figment of the imagination, castle in the air, castle in Spain
informal pie in the sky, cloud cuckoo land

3‘fantasy was considered a subset of science fiction for a long time’

SYNONYMS
myth, legend, fable, fairy tale, romance
science fiction, sci-fi, horror
sword and sorcery
escapism
ANTONYMS

realism