fanciful
Adjective Satellite
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- "a fanciful mind"
- not based on fact; unreal; - F.D.Roosevelt
- "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"
- having a curiously intricate quality
- "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"
Adj
- Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
- Unreal or imagined.
Adjective
- Over-imaginative and unrealistic; guided by fancy rather than reason.
Examples
- His plan to play ’QWERTY’ was fanciful; it’s not a real word in Scrabble.
- It was fanciful to suppose that all he had to do would be to stride into a top law firm and he would be hired on the spot.
Origin / Etymology
From fancy + -ful.
Scrabble Score: 16
fanciful: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfanciful: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fanciful: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
fanciful: valid Words With Friends Word