mindmap root((幻想)) imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination: a chronic sufferer of several ~ illnesses. fanciful suggests something affected or created by the free play of the imagination: the ~ characters created by Lewis Carroll. visionary applies to something that seems real and practical to its conceiver but is impractical or incapable of realization: ~ schemes for creating a rural utopia. fantastic implies fanciful incredibility or strangeness beyond belief: a ~ world inhabited by prehistoric monsters. chimerical applies to what is wildly or fantastically visionary or improbable: ~ plans for restoring the British Empire. quixotic implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence or common sense: the ~ notion that absolute equality is attainable.