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flight of fancy

flight of fan·cy
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flahyt uhv, ov fan-see]
    • /flaɪt ʌv, ɒv ˈfæn si/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flahyt uhv, ov fan-see]
    • /flaɪt ʌv, ɒv ˈfæn si/

Definitions of flight of fancy words

  • phrase flight of fancy An idea or statement that is very imaginative but complicated, silly, or impractical can be referred to as a flight of fancy. 0
  • noun flight of fancy (Idiomatic) An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc. which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative. 0
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flight of fancy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for flight of fancy

noun flight of fancy

  • fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
  • imagination — the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.
  • mind's eye — the hypothetical site of visual recollection or imagination: In her mind's eye she saw the city as it had been in Caesar's time.
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