fantasist
Inventor of worlds
A fantasist is someone who indulges in fantasy or creates elaborate imaginary scenarios.
The word can describe a creative artist who works in fantasy genres, but more often carries a negative connotation—someone who fabricates stories, exaggerates wildly, or lives in a world of delusion: He's not a liar exactly, more of a fantasist who half-believes his own tales.
Moral tale composer
- tale-spinnerOne who creates stories
- yarn-spinnerOne who tells tales
- narratorOne who tells events
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
chronicler · mythmaker · bard · wordsmith · romancer · fictionist · anecdotist · folklorist
Creator of lies
- mythomaniacCompulsive fabricator of stories
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
deceiver · fibber · spinner · dissembler · fabulist · romancer · inventor · prevaricator
Writer of prose narratives
- fictionistCreator of tales
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- worldbuilderDesigner of fictional universes
- science-fictionSpeculative technology-based literature
Tolkien · sword-and-sorcery · fairy-tale · fabulist · romancer · storyteller · creative · enchantment
Habitual reverie indulger
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- head-in-cloudsLost in fantasy
- woolgathererHabitual idle fantasizer
romantic · idealist · stargazer · moonstruck · fanciful · wistful · dreamy · abstracted
Habitual mental retreat
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- otherworldSupernatural plane of existence
- unrealityQuality of being imaginary
refuge · dissociation · avoidance · withdrawal · imagination · sanctuary · detachment
fabulist
Moral tale composer
- tale-spinnerOne who creates stories
- yarn-spinnerOne who tells tales
- narratorOne who tells events
raconteur · chronicler · mythmaker · bard · wordsmith · romancer · fictionist · anecdotist · folklorist · narrative
fabricator
Creator of lies
- mythomaniacCompulsive fabricator of stories
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
pretender · deceiver · fibber · spinner · dissembler · fabulist · romancer · inventor · prevaricator · hoaxer
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- fictionistCreator of tales
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- worldbuilderDesigner of fictional universes
Tolkien · science-fiction · sword-and-sorcery · fairy-tale · fabulist · romancer · storyteller · creative · enchantment · wonder
daydreamer
Habitual reverie indulger
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- head-in-cloudsLost in fantasy
woolgatherer · romantic · idealist · stargazer · moonstruck · fanciful · wistful · dreamy · abstracted · musing
escapism
Habitual mental retreat
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- otherworldSupernatural plane of existence
unreality · refuge · dissociation · avoidance · withdrawal · imagination · sanctuary · detachment
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
- dreamersdreamer, dreamers, daydreamer, daydreamers, visionary
- idealistsdreamer, idealist, optimist, utopian, visionary
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
- escapistsescapee, fugitive, runaway, absconder, defector
fantasistrealist
One accepting hard truths
pragmatist · truth-teller · skeptic · empiricist · literalist
fantasistliteralist
One rejecting figurative meaning
plodder · pedant · bean counter · stick-in-the-mud · dullard
fantasistpragmatist
One favoring practical approaches
practitioner · implementer · doer · technocrat · bean counter
- urban fantasiesGenre mixing magic with cities
- high fantasiesGrandiose imagined adventures