fantasies
Castles in air
Fantasies are imagined scenarios, especially pleasurable or wishful ones.
The word covers daydreams about success or romance, sexual imaginings, and elaborate fictional worlds.
A fantasy can be harmless escapism or a worrying detachment from reality: He had fantasies of quitting his job and sailing around the world.
In the plural, fantasies often suggests recurring or indulgent imaginings: She kept her fantasies to herself.
Faculty for forming ideas
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
pretend · wishful thinking · flights of fancy · castle in the air · wool-gathering · head in clouds · musing · fancy
Conscious fantasy while awake
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- visionAbility to see
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
escapism · wishful · surreal · ethereal · otherworldly · whimsical · chimera · mirage
Intense prolonged craving
- longingsIntense persistent desires
- cravingsIntense desires for something
- wishesThings hoped for
- urgesStrong inner drives
passions · obsessions · temptations · forbidden · indulgence · secret · guilty pleasure · fixation
Intense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wishYearned-for outcome
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
obsession · temptation · infatuation · passion · lust · forbidden · indulgence · seduction
Intense fond attachment
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- passionIntense emotional drive
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- trystSecret romantic meeting
liaison · paramour · rendezvous · enchantment · wooing · admirer · amour · heartthrob
Expensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
decadence · indulgence · palatial · sumptuous · splendor · riches · excess · glamour
Mythical fire-breathing reptiles
- unicornsMythical one-horned equines
- elvesMythical small beings
- faeriesMythical tiny beings
- mermaidsHalf-woman, half-fish beings
phoenixes · griffins · centaurs · wizards · enchanted · quests · legendary creatures · sorcery
Imagined narrative work
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- worldbuildingConstructing imaginary universes for fiction
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
Tolkien · adventure · quest · hero · sword and sorcery · portal · magic system · lore
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
make-believe · pretend · wishful thinking · flights of fancy · castle in the air · wool-gathering · head in clouds · musing · fancy · conjuring
daydream
Conscious fantasy while awake
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- visionAbility to see
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
illusion · escapism · wishful · surreal · ethereal · otherworldly · whimsical · chimera · mirage · woolgathering
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
urges · passions · obsessions · temptations · forbidden · indulgence · secret · guilty pleasure · fixation · infatuation
longing
Intense, persistent desire
aspiration · obsession · temptation · infatuation · passion · lust · forbidden · indulgence · seduction · allure
love
Intense fond attachment
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- passionIntense emotional drive
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
tryst · liaison · paramour · rendezvous · enchantment · wooing · admirer · amour · heartthrob · bodice-ripper
luxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
lavish · decadence · indulgence · palatial · sumptuous · splendor · riches · excess · glamour · paradise
dragons
Mythical fire-breathing reptiles
mermaids · phoenixes · griffins · centaurs · wizards · enchanted · quests · legendary creatures · sorcery · spells
fiction
Imagined narrative work
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- worldbuildingConstructing imaginary universes for fiction
- epicImpressively grand in scope
Tolkien · saga · adventure · quest · hero · sword and sorcery · portal · magic system · lore · realms
rags to riches
Dramatic upward social mobility
- famePublic recognition, widespread
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
stardom · achievement · winning · triumph · recognition · greatness · celebrity · lottery · jackpot · big break
- Fantasy & Dreamsfairy tales, magic, fairies, pixie dust, enchantment
- False Realitiesillusions, simulations, virtual reality, delusions, hallucinations
- Unconsciousid, ego, superego, repression, dreams
- Unrealitiesdreams, illusions, hallucinations, delusions, mirages
- daydreamingdaydreaming, daydreams, deep in thought, musings, reverie
- imaginary thingsimaginary friends, imaginary worlds, make-believe, make believe, pretend
fantasiesrealities
Things that exist
reality · facts · actualities · truths · real life
fantasieshard truths
Unpleasant accurate statements
unvarnished truth · disillusionment · acceptance · rude awakenings · wake-up calls
- urban fantasiesGenre mixing magic with cities
- high fantasiesGrandiose imagined adventures
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