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ADJECTIVE fancy COMPARATIVE fancier SUPERLATIVE fanciest
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fancy English

Meaning fancy meaning

What does fancy mean?
Definitions in simple English

fancy Adjective

— If something is fancy, it nicer than usual, often with decorations and bright colours. That's a very fancy dress you're wearing. We tried to make things look fancy for the party. — A fancy restaurant, party, etc. is fashionable and expensive. She's going to a fancy party and the rest of us aren't welcome. — Fancy movements are difficult but done with a lot of skill. He got around the other players with some very fancy footwork. — Fancy apples, tuna, etc. are the best kind of that food. Cherries from Canada can be marked either "CANADA FANCY", "CANADA CHOICE" or "CANADA STANDARD"

fancy Verb

— If you fancy something, you like or want it. No thanks. I don't really fancy coffee. I thought you might fancy a drink. — If you fancy someone, you like them in a sexual way. She's very nice, but I don't really fancy her, if you get my meaning. — If you fancy yourself something, you think you are that (but maybe other people don't agree). He fancies himself a great football player. — If you fancy something up, you make it more fancy. — You say "Fancy that!" or fancy something, to show that you're surprised about it or think it unlikely. Fancy her getting the job!

fancy Noun

— A fancy is a like or a wish. — A fancy is an idea or a dream. — Fancy is imagination.

fancy

— adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented fancy handwriting fancy clothes — verb (= see) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind I can't see him on horseback! I can see what will happen I can see a risk in this strategy — verb have a fancy or particular liking or desire for She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window — noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination — noun (= illusion) something many people believe that is false they have the illusion that I am very wealthy — noun (= fondness) a predisposition to like something he had a fondness for whiskey

Synonyms fancy synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fancy?

fancy English » English

imagination imagine fantasy desire whim caprice wish like dream think keenness inclination itch eagerness conceive ardour ardor ambition suppose love daydream visualize picture notion illusion envision phantasy freak elegant wonderful think well of think highly of prize magnificent liking image figure estimate enjoy conjecture appreciate wish for whimsy visualise vision value thought taste splendid see

Topics fancy topics

What do people use fancy to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love
Person Life Sexual relations

Attract sexually
Language and thought Think Mind

Imagine
Language and thought

Want
Person Life Marriage

Romantic love
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

Conjugation fancy conjugation

How do you conjugate fancy?

fancy · verb

Examples fancy examples

How do I use fancy in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A dragon is a creature of fancy.
Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.
Do you fancy it is all right?
I can't fancy going out in this weather.
I fancy we've met before.
Children often live in a world of fancy.
I have a fancy for bitter things.
He has a great fancy for travelling.
I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.
Do you fancy going for a bike ride?
Hello! Fancy meeting you here! It's a small world, isn't it?
Fancy forgetting my glasses, it's so embarrassing.
Fancy seeing you here.
All the girls fancy him.
Mary's husband took her to the fancy French restaurant for their belated anniversary dinner.
Tom and Mary went to a fancy restaurant to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
These fancy upgrades only serve to snailify the car.
My brother has recently taken a fancy for stoats.
Fratricide is a fancy word for killing your brother or sister.

Movie subtitles

I got back with Calvin's fancy coffee and Darryl said you weren't feeling well and you went home.
Wow, you have all those fancy cards I see commercials for.
Yeah, well, I didn't know you were gonna get all fancy.
We're fancy.
I think it tickled Janelle's fancy.
Background on Maureen Moffatt, lived alone for a long time, always a strong advocate for Evan and his mayoralty aspirations, worked like a Trojan but liked to party. She had a penchant for fancy dress.
I mean, any chance to turn a function into fancy dress, she'd do it.
Ooh, fancy.
The landlord, in his fancy, runs to his old, andoned guesthouse.
And so in Speedy's fancy, Chet Trask was tottering on his throne.
Vandeuvres thinks that stealing Nana from her fancy man will require a large amount of gold.
Say, Rico I don't know how to talk fancy, but.
I don't care how many fancy skirts you've got hanging on to you.
I'll fancy there's not room for the two of us here.
Most heartily we'll greet him, with plain and fancy cheering, until he's hard of hearing. The Captain has arrived.
Unlike you, Mr. Fancy-Pants. Franz isn't gonna outdo me.
Fancy meeting you here after all these drinks.
Well, fancy that.
He has the best room in me house, the one with the fancy wallpaper.
Fancy seeing you here.
Why Denny, you're all shaved and dressed up fancy!
Well, fancy hearing from you after all these years.
Well, fancy meeting you here.
I've been free to come and free to go. - And I give my love to whom I fancy.
A few days, I fancy.
Well, well, well, fancy meeting you here. Which is Alice and which is Lily?
Thought you were planning your fancy wedding and couldn't be bothered to do your job.
When I see a good looking guy like you in a fancy car sitting next to an old bag you can tell me 'she's your cousin' and that you've been saving up to pay for the gas.
So cut the fancy talk.
I have taken a fancy to you, Monsieur!
Fancy that now.
Oh, milady, fancy you being here.
Fancy!
Fancy that.
Tickle your fancy?

News and current affairs

The cartoon caught the English fancy, and created a catch-phrase still in use today, although it is usually misunderstood and misused.
Enron used fancy accounting tricks and complicated financial products (derivatives) to mislead investors about its value.
Thanks to America's gold-plated financial system, its consumers can buy fancy cars with almost no down payment.
In short, with a solid understanding of the difference between complements and substitutes, one can do almost everything the fancy models do - without hiring a single expensive expert.
Of course, Chinese increasingly consume fancy new cars and designer clothes.
They enjoy watching the wealthy, savoring the thought of their fine homes, luxurious vacations, fancy cars, and gourmet dining.
The government doesn't just spend it, but seems always to favor tangible things like skyscrapers, fancy government buildings, highways, and big industrial projects.
We live in a world crisscrossed by borders, drawn and redrawn throughout history, chosen by fancy or caprice, and all too often defended by bloodshed.
If the main advantages of affluence were the ability to afford yachts and fancy vacations, inequality would matter less than it does today.

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