The architect's fanciful design for a floating city captured the imagination of many urban planners.
建筑师那座漂浮城市的奇幻设计激发了许多城市规划者的想象力。
Which choice best defines “fanciful”?
C — Imaginative or unrealistic. “fanciful” means imaginative or unrealistic.
Which word means “imaginative or unrealistic”?
C — fanciful. “fanciful” means imaginative or unrealistic.
fanciful — imaginative or unrealistic. In Chinese: 幻想的，不切实际的.
fanciful is pronounced /ˈfænsɪfəl/.
The architect's fanciful design for a floating city captured the imagination of many urban planners. (建筑师那座漂浮城市的奇幻设计激发了许多城市规划者的想象力。)
whimsical, imaginary, fantastical — all close in meaning to fanciful (imaginative or unrealistic).
realistic, practical — each the opposite of fanciful (imaginative or unrealistic).
Yes. fanciful is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.