fantasist

noun

fan·​ta·​sist ˈfan-tə-sist How to pronounce fantasist (audio)
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: one who creates fantasias or fantasies

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Located just south of the landmark American Brewery (the structure that looks like some fantasist vastly enlarged a cuckoo clock) this grouping of public utility structures fell on excruciatingly hard times. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025 Gaiman is a British fantasist and author of nearly 50 books, including American Gods, Coraline and Good Omens. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 Production designer Richard Sylbert and his sister-in-law, Anthea Sylbert, who died in June, were not fantasists but researchers and psychologists, exacting in their selection of design elements. airmail.news, 20 July 2024 French fantasist Michel Gondry (The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep). Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fantasist 

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fantasist was in 1896

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“Fantasist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fantasist. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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