fancied

5.4

Not real because it is only in someone's mind

adjective
/ˈfæn.sid/

: imaginario

She had a fancied idea of living in Paris.

Examples

She attributed her failure to a fancied slight, but no one had actually insulted her.
The detective dismissed the story as a fancied account with no supporting evidence.
Many people have a fancied grievance against their coworkers that has no basis in reality.
His fancied dreams often distracted him from reality.
She often acted upon a fancied notion that she could read people's minds.
His fancied beliefs about becoming a famous actor led him to pursue auditions tirelessly.
Many artists create works inspired by fancied visions of a better world.

Synonyms

fictional

vsfancied

106 3.4

Made up in stories or in your mind, not real

is used for things imagined generally and not restricted to stories

fictitious

vsfancied

31 5.1

Not real and made up

is about things created in the mind rather than deliberately invented

fanciful

vsfancied

12 6.0

Imaginative but not true or practical

is a mental creation without suggesting impractical fantasy

notional

vsfancied

8.1

Imaginative in a way that is not practical

is a simple imagined concept without indulgent fantasy

envisioned

vsfancied

4.3

Imagined as a possible future or plan

is imagined but not necessarily pictured as a future possibility

Antonyms

real

∞ 1.0

Happening in real life, not imagined

actual

∞ 1.4

Real and existing in fact, not imagined or expected

How Real

real

∞ 1.0

fancied

5.4

Surface Forms

fancied positive

Morphology

fancied = fancy (transparent) = fancy + ed

The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'fancy' with the regular past-participial/adjectival '-ed' giving the meaning 'imagined'.

Etymology

Fancied comes from the word fancy, which is connected to fantasy and the idea of 'imagination'. So a fancied complaint or story is one someone has 'made up' in their mind rather than something real.