fanciful
FAN-sih-fuladjMeaning imaginative but not realistic; existing only in the imagination
Memory hook FANCY-FUL: FULL of FANCY. Ivy paints a castle with candy towers, a lollipop bridge and a dragon who serves tea. Her picture is fanciful.
Ivy drew a fanciful castle with candy towers and a moat of chocolate milk.
In context The old sailor’s tales were fanciful; he swore he had ridden a whale and dined with a talking octopus, though everyone knew he had never left the harbor.
Similar imaginative, far-fetched, whimsical, unrealistic
Opposite realistic, factual, practical
From fancy (a shortened form of fantasy) + -ful.