Collocations for fantasy - noun
ADJECTIVE
mere,
pure,
sheer,
total
Most of what they told us was pure fantasy.
Most of what they told us was pure fantasy.
ultimate
the ultimate human fantasy: being able to fly
the ultimate human fantasy: being able to fly
utopian
wild
She dismissed the idea as a wild fantasy.
wild
She dismissed the idea as a wild fantasy.
escapist
paranoid
violent
revenge
She was seething with anger and filled with revenge fantasies.
paranoid
violent
revenge
She was seething with anger and filled with revenge fantasies.
personal,
private,
secret
childhood, childish
adolescent
erotic, romantic, sexual
male
childhood, childish
adolescent
erotic, romantic, sexual
male
VERB + fantasy
enjoy,
entertain,
have,
indulge in
She didn't entertain silly fantasies about love at first sight.
They indulge in teenage fantasies about being the greatest rock band in the world
She didn't entertain silly fantasies about love at first sight.
They indulge in teenage fantasies about being the greatest rock band in the world
build,
create,
weave
She had woven a whole fantasy about living near the coast.
She had woven a whole fantasy about living near the coast.
feed,
feed off,
fuel
act out
Children can act out their fantasies in a secure environment.
act out
Children can act out their fantasies in a secure environment.
fulfil/fulfill,
indulge,
live,
live out,
play out,
satisfy
My childhood fantasies were finally fulfilled.
He was willing to indulge her wildest fantasies.
He was able to play out his fantasy of rock stardom.
My childhood fantasies were finally fulfilled.
He was willing to indulge her wildest fantasies.
He was able to play out his fantasy of rock stardom.
fantasy + NOUN
life
land, realm, world
You're living in a fantasy world.
land, realm, world
You're living in a fantasy world.
figure
children that project their own identities onto fantasy figures
children that project their own identities onto fantasy figures
adventure,
book,
film,
game,
genre,
movie,
novel,
story,
writer
baseball, basketball, football, sports (esp. AmE)
league, team
baseball, basketball, football, sports (esp. AmE)
league, team
PREPOSITION
fantasy about
She had a fantasy about going to live on a South Pacific island.
She had a fantasy about going to live on a South Pacific island.
fantasy of
adolescent fantasies of power, glory and recognition
adolescent fantasies of power, glory and recognition
PHRASES
the realm of fantasy (esp. AmE),
the realms of fantasy
(BrE)
The idea belonged in the realms of fantasy.
The idea belonged in the realms of fantasy.
a world of fantasy
She felt she had entered a world of fantasy.
She felt she had entered a world of fantasy.