fantasist

[ fan-tuh-sist, -zist; fan-tey-zhist ]

noun

1. a person who writes or composes fantasies or fantasias in music, poetry, or the like.

fantasist

/ ˈfæntəsɪst /

noun

1. a person who indulges in fantasies
2. a person who writes musical or literary fantasies

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantasist¹

First recorded in 1920–25; fantas(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

"I got the feeling perhaps she was a bit of a fantasist, but no way would I have thought she’d be a murderer," he said.

From BBC

The truth was that she was a liar and a fantasist who tricked bosses, colleagues and even close friends.

From BBC

They had appointed a fantasist and a liar.

From BBC

Great designers were often synonymous with fantasists and mythmakers, not only when it came to their clothes but to their life as well.

From New York Times

On The Tortured Poets Department, she blurs the lines between her personas - writing both as diarist and fantasist, sometimes within the same song.

From BBC