Something many people believe that is false.

synonyms: fantasy, illusion, phantasy.

Roget 842: wit, humor, wittiness; sense of humor; attic wit, attic salt; atticism^†; salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry.    farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery; shenanigan [U.S.], harlequinade etc. 599^†; broad farce, broad humor; fun, espieglerie [Fr.]; vis comica [Lat.].    jocularity; jocosity, jocoseness^†; facetiousness; waggery, waggishness; whimsicality; comicality etc. 853.    banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid-pro-quo; ridicule etc. 856.    jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae [Lat.], levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae [Lat.]; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto^†, plaisanterie [Fr.], brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot [Fr.], mot pour rire [Fr.]; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot, jeu d'esprit [Fr.], epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest.    word-play, jeu de mots [Fr.]; play of words, play upon words; pun, punning; double entente, double entendre [Fr.] etc. (ambiguity) 520; quibble, verbal quibble; conundrum etc. (riddle) 533; anagram, acrostic, double acrostic, trifling, idle conceit, turlupinade^†.    old joke, tired joke, flat joke, Joe Miller^†.    ... show more

Roget 608: caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey^†, whimwham^†; crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, boutade [Fr.], wild-goose chase; capriciousness etc. adj.; kink.    ... show more

Roget 515: imagination; originality; invention; fancy; inspiration; verve.    warm imagination, heated imagination, excited imagination, sanguine imagination, ardent imagination, fiery imagination, boiling imagination, wild imagination, bold imagination, daring imagination, playful imagination, lively imagination, fertile imagination, fancy.    mind's eye;" such stuff as dreams are made of" [Tempest]. ideality, idealism; romanticism, utopianism, castle-building.    dreaming; phrensy^†, frenzy; ecstasy, extasy^†; calenture etc. (delirium) 503^†; reverie, trance; day dream, golden dream; somnambulism.    conception, Vorstellung [G.], excogitation^†, a fine frenzy;" cloudland^†, dreamland; flight of fancy, fumes of fancy; thick coming fancies" [Macbeth]; creation of the brain, coinage of the brain; imagery.    conceit, maggot, figment, myth, dream, vision, shadow, chimera; phantasm, phantasy; fantasy, fancy; whim, whimsey^†, whimsy; vagary, rhapsody, romance, gest^†, geste^†, extravaganza; air drawn dagger, bugbear, nightmare.    flying Dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky, chateau en Espagne [Fr.]; Utopia, Atlantis^†, happy valley, millennium, fairyland; land of Prester John, kindgom of Micomicon; work of fiction etc. (novel) 594; Arabian nights^†; le pot au lait [Fr.]; dream of Alnashar etc. (hope) 858^†.    illusion etc. (error) 495; phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) 443; Fata Morgana etc. (ignis fatuus) [Lat.] 423; vapor etc. (cloud) 353; stretch of the imagination etc. (exaggeration) 549; mythogenesis^†.    idealist, romanticist, visionary; mopus^†; romancer, dreamer; somnambulist; rhapsodist etc. (fanatic) 504; castle-buildier, fanciful projector.    ... show more

Roget 453: idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, eidolon [Gr.], sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception; image in the mind, regulative principle.    view etc. (opinion) 484; theory etc. 514; conceit, fancy; phantasy etc. (imagination) 515.    point of view etc. (aspect) 448; field of view.    ... show more

Dutch: zinsbegoocheling, fantasy, illusie, inbeelding, verbeelding
Polish: iluzja, złudzenie

Imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination.

A predisposition to like something:
— She had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less.

synonyms: fondness, partiality.

Roget 865: desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.    mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity etc. 820; willingness etc. 602; liking, love, fondness, relish.    longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement [Fr.], breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity, etc. 825.    appetite, appetition^†, appetence^†, appetency^†; sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist; thirst, thirstiness; drouth, mouthwatering; itch, itching; prurience, cacoethes [Lat.], cupidity, lust, concupiscence.    edge of appetite, edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth, lickerish tooth^†; itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye.    [excessive desire for money] greed etc. 817.1. voracity etc. (gluttony) 957.    passion, rage, furore^†, mania, manie^†; inextinguishable desire; dipsomania, kleptomania.    [Person who desires] lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant etc. 957.    [Object of desire] desideratum; want etc. (requirement) 630; a consummation devoutly to be wished;" attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey^†; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse.    Fortunatus's cap; wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well.    ... show more

Roget 897: love; fondness etc. adj.; liking; inclination etc. (desire) 865; regard, dilection^†, admiration, fancy.    affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness etc. adj.; heart, brotherly love; benevolence etc. 906; attachment.    yearning, eros, tender passion, amour; gyneolatry^†; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry.    Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, plighted love; courtship etc. 902; amourette^†; free love.    maternal love, storge [Gr.], parental love; young love, puppy love.    attractiveness; popularity; favorite etc. 899.    lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret^†, beau, sweetheart, inamorato [It], swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman^†, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso^†, cavaliere servente [It], captive, cicisbeo^†; caro sposo [It].    inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa [It].    betrothed, affianced, fiancee.    flirt, coquette; amorette^†; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone^†.    ... show more

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.

synonyms: envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize.

Roget 450: note, notice, mark; take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of; realize; appreciate; ruminate etc. (think) 451; fancy etc. (imagine) 515.    ... show more

Roget 609: offers one's choice, set before; hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative; put to the vote.    use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option; adopt, take up, embrace, espouse; choose, elect, opt for; take one's choice, make one's choice; make choice of, fix upon.    vote, poll, hold up one's hand; divide.    settle; decide etc. (adjudge) 480; list etc. (will) 600; make up one's mind etc. (resolve) 604.    select; pick and choose; pick out, single out; cull, glean, winnow; sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; pick up, pitch upon; pick one's way; indulge one's fancy.    set apart, mark out for; mark etc. 550.    prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy etc. (desire) 865; be persuaded etc. 615.    take a decided step, take a decisive step; commit oneself to a course; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; cast in one's lot with; take for better or for worse.    ... show more

Roget 515: imagine, fancy, conceive; idealize, realize; dream, dream of, dream up; give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]. create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate; improvise, strike out something new.    set one's wits to work; strain one's invention, crack one's invention; rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains; excogitate^†; brainstorm.    give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy; indulge in reverie.    visualize, envision, conjure up a vision; fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself; vorstellen [G.].    float in the mind; suggest itself etc. (thought) 451.    ... show more

Roget 514: suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise^†, presuppose; assume, fancy, wis^†, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted; imagine etc. 515.    put forth; propound, propose; start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion; hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture.    allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head.    suggest itself etc. (thought) 451; run in the head etc. (memory) 505; marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.    ... show more

Roget 484: believe, credit; give faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive; set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume.    count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon; lay one's account for; make sure of.    make oneself easy about, on that score; take on trust, take on credit; take for granted, take for gospel; allow some weight to, attach some weight to.    know, know for certain; have know, make no doubt; doubt not; be, rest assured etc. adj.; persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself; make up one's mind.    give one credit for; confide in, believe in, put one's trust in; place in, repose in, implicit confidence in; take one's word for, at one's word; place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to.    think, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow^†, ween^†, fancy, apprehend; have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion etc. n.. view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise etc. 514.    get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an opinion; swallow etc. (credulity) 486.    cause to be believed etc. v.; satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict^†, convert; wean, bring round; bring over, win over; indoctrinate etc. (teach) 537; cram down the throat; produce conviction, carry conviction; bring home to, drive home to.    go down, find credence, pass current; be received etc. v., be current etc. adj.; possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind.    ... show more

Roget 451: think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate^†, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend the mind, apply the mind etc. (attend) 457; digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy etc. (imagine) 515; trow^†.    take into consideration; take counsel etc. (be advised) 695; commune with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow.    rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work.    harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea etc. 453; take into one's head; bear in mind; reconsider.    occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.    make an impression; sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind; engross the thoughts.    ... show more

Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for.

synonyms: go for, take to.

Roget 897: love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love with etc. adj.; have a love etc. n.. for, entertain a love etc. n.. for, harbor cherish a love etc. n.. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet.    burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument [Fr.]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored etc. adj.; fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire etc. 865.    excite love; win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections; take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head.    get into favor; ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable [Fr.], set one's cap at, flirt.    ... show more

Roget 865: desire; wish, wish for; be desirous etc. adj.. have a longing etc. n.; hope etc. 858.    care for, affect, like, list; take to, cling to, take a fancy to; fancy; prefer etc. (choose) 609.    have an eye, have a mind to; find it in one's heart etc. (be willing) 602; have a fancy for, set one's eyes upon; cast a sheep's eye upon, look sweet upon; take into one's head, have at heart, be bent upon; set one's cap at, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon; covet.    want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of.    be hungry etc. adj.; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork; hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to.    desiderate^†; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at.    woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle.    cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke desire; whet the appetite; appetize^†, titillate, allure, attract, take one's fancy, tempt; hold out temptation, hold out allurement; tantalize, make one's mouth water, faire venir l'eau a la bouche [Fr.].    gratify desire etc. (give pleasure) 829.    ... show more

Dutch: mogen, vallen

Not plain; decorative or ornamented.

Roget 515: imagined etc. v.; ben trovato [It]; air drawn, airbuilt^†.    imagining etc. v., imaginative; original, inventive, creative, fertile.    romantic, high flown, flighty, extravagant, fanatic, enthusiastic, unrealistic, Utopian, Quixotic.    ideal, unreal; in the clouds, in nubibus [Lat.]; unsubsantial^† etc. 4; illusory etc. (fallacious) 495.    fabulous, legendary; mythical, mythic, mythological; chimerical; imaginary, visionary; notional; fancy, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical^†; whimsical; fairy, fairy-like; gestic^†.    ... show more