phantasy

1. 1.

   something many people believe that is false

   “they have the illusion that I am very wealthy”

   Synonymsillusionfantasyfancy

   Broadermisconception

   Narrowerbubblewill-o'-the-wispwishful thinking
2. 2.

   fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

   “she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies”

   Synonymsfantasy

   Broaderfiction

   Narrowerscience fiction
3. 3.

   imagination unrestricted by reality

   “a schoolgirl fantasy”

   Synonymsfantasy

   Broaderimagination

   Narrowerpipe dreamfantasy lifefantasy world

Other forms of phantasy

plural

phantasies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about phantasy

What does phantasy mean?

phantasy means "something many people believe that is false". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in phantasy?

phantasy has 3 syllables: phan-ta-sy. The stress falls on "phan".

What is another word for phantasy?

Close synonyms include illusion, fantasy, fancy, fantasy, fantasy. 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 phantasy a common word?

phantasy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.