fanciful

Questions about fanciful

What does fanciful mean?

fanciful means "indulging in or influenced by fancy". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fanciful?

fanciful has 3 syllables: fan-ci-ful. The stress falls on "fan". In IPA it is /ˈfænsɪfəl/.

What is another word for fanciful?

Close synonyms include notional, imaginary, notional. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fanciful a common word?

fanciful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.