fancy suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires.

FANCY definition: 1. to want to have or do something: 2. to be sexually attracted to someone: 3. to think you are…. Learn more.

If you describe something as fancy, you mean that it is special, unusual, or elaborate, for example because it has a lot of decoration. The magazine was packaged in a fancy plastic case with …

1. not plain; ornamented or decorative: a fancy cake; fancy clothes. 2. requiring skill to perform; intricate: a fancy dance routine.

Fancy, fantasy, imagination refer to qualities in literature or other artistic composition.

4 days ago · fancy (third-person singular simple present fancies, present participle fancying, simple past and past participle fancied) (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.

Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated. A fancy restaurant; a fancy way of asking for a loan.