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fantasyland

fantasyland

3 6.1
An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical
  • noun
  • /ˈfæntəsiˌlænd/
translation icon : mundo imaginario
  • The word on the street was that this was for a secret project for the Magic Kingdom's new Fantasyland expansion.
  • live in fantasyland

Examples

  • The children created a fantasyland in their backyard, filled with imaginary creatures and adventures.

  • Which part of the new Fantasyland are you most excited about?

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  • I'm so glad you got to see the New Fantasyland on this trip!

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  • My family can hardly wait to visit Fantasyland and dine at BOG.

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  • When the final additions to Disney's Fantasyland expansion are complete in 2014, a total of 800 new positions will be filled.

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  • In C.S. Lewis's series of books on the fantasyland known as Narnia, there is a character in The Silver Chair named Puddleglum.

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  • In this enchanting fantasyland, everyone can fly and fairies roam freely.

  • After the long day, she imagined a peaceful fantasyland where all her worries vanished.

Synonyms

wonderland
vsfantasyland
77 5.0

A place full of beauty and magic that feels like a dream

leans more toward complete perfection or unreality rather than mere wonder
fantasy world
vsfantasyland
21 4.4

An imagined place in your mind with magic and strange creatures

emphasizes perfect, magical, or very different qualities in an imagined place
Utopia
vsfantasyland
15 7.9

An imagined perfect place where people live together happily

adds magical or wildly unreal qualities instead of focusing only on perfection
dreamland
vsfantasyland
13 5.1

A pleasant imaginary place you visit in sleep or imagination

leans toward magical perfection or extreme unreality rather than mere delight
fairyland
vsfantasyland
  • Literature
7 5.5

A beautiful imaginary place in stories where small magical creatures live

is broader, stressing total perfection or striking unreality beyond magical charm
dreamworld
vsfantasyland
2 6.6

An imagined perfect place that exists only in dreams

stresses magic or being very unlike reality rather than only idealism
never-never land
vsfantasyland
  • Literature
2 8.8

A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams

emphasizes magical perfection or radical unreality rather than mere impracticality
world of dreams
vsfantasyland
1 6.3

A place in your mind where you imagine things

adds emphasis on magic or perfection rather than mere disconnected imagination
Slumberland
vsfantasyland
  • Literature
1 8.0

An imaginary land of dreams in stories and books

includes broader magical perfection or radical unreality beyond sleep-related imagery
fantasy realm
vsfantasyland
1 5.8

A made-up world with magic and creatures like dragons and wizards

focuses more on perfection and total unreality than only magical features
Neverland
vsfantasyland
  • Informal
1 8.6

An imaginary place where a person avoids real life and adult duties

focuses more on perfection or magic rather than escape from responsibility
mythical place
vsfantasyland
1 6.9

A place that exists only in stories or imagination

leans more on magical perfection or unreal wonder than historical legend
never-never world
vsfantasyland
  • Literature
9.9

An imagined place or state not connected to real life

stresses magical perfection or clear unreality instead of only being impractical
phantasy world
vsfantasyland
  • Archaic
9.1

An imagined place someone believes is real

shifts focus toward magic and ideal perfection rather than subjective reality feeling
imaginary place
vsfantasyland
  • Literature
6.1

A place that exists only in your mind, often in stories

adds special sense of perfection, magic, or strong departure from reality
fictitious place
vsfantasyland
6.0

A place that exists only in the mind or in stories

emphasizes magical perfection or radical unreality beyond mere invention

Antonyms

1.4

The way things really are, not how we imagine or wish

1 7.2

A state of being ordinary and not interesting

How Imaginary

fairyland
  • Literature
7 5.5
fantasyland
3 6.1
Utopia
15 7.9
paradise
192 4.0

Surface Forms

fantasyland singular
fantasylands plural

Morphology

fantasyland = fantasy + land (transparent) = fantasy + land

Direct compounding: 'fantasy' + 'land' straightforwardly denotes an imaginary place, which learners can derive from the parts.

Etymology

Fantasyland joins fantasy ('imaginary') and land ('place'), creating the picture of a place from your imagination. So, a fantasyland is an imaginary place where everything can be perfect, magical, or very different from real life.