fancy

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of FANCY

to form a mental picture of <try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India>

Synonyms conceit [chiefly dialect], conceive, conjure (up), dream, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, ideate, image, picture, see, vision, visualize

to take pleasure in <the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown>

Synonyms adore, delight (in), dig, fancy, get off (on), groove (on), like, love, rejoice (in), relish, revel (in), savor (also savour)

Related Words admire, appreciate, cherish, revere, venerate, worship; prize, treasure, value; devour, drink (in), eat (up), feast (on); dote (on), idolize; cotton (to), favor, prefer; indulge (in), luxuriate (in), wallow (in)

Near Antonyms abhor, abominate, detest, dislike, hate, loathe; condemn, despise, scorn

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