fancy in WordNet English dictionary

1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
   visualize  visualise  envision  project  fancy  see  figure  picture  image 
   
2. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
   "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
   fancy  go for  take to 
   

1. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
   fancy 
   
2. something many people believe that is false
   "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
   illusion  fantasy  phantasy  fancy 
   
3. a predisposition to like something
   "he had a fondness for whiskey"
   fondness  fancy  partiality 
   

1. not plain; decorative or ornamented
   "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
   fancy