The phrase "a fanciful thought" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an idea or notion that is imaginative, whimsical, or not grounded in reality.
Example: "While it may seem like a fanciful thought, the idea of living on Mars has captured the imagination of many scientists and dreamers alike."
Alternatives: "an imaginative idea" or "a whimsical notion."
But let me suggest a fanciful thought experiment to test their position.
In fact, in the wake of two dominating performances by the Warriors that saw Golden State outscore Cleveland by a combined 48 points, it's difficult to even come up with a scenario that gives the Cavaliers the series as part of a fanciful thought exercise.
Ambassador Schneider's question was hardly a fanciful thought, but certainly not something that appeared visible in the present horizon.
I was brought up in a village in Yorkshire, and it was an almost fanciful thought that you could end up in the industry.
That is the premise of "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" (Seven Stories Press, $27.50), a clever, fanciful, thought-provoking but pedantically verbose new book by Ralph Nader.
(Schweitzer) MITSUKO UCHIDA (Friday) After Schubert's late C minor Sonata and before Schumann's "Symphonic Études" at the end, the evening will belong mostly to the fanciful and thought-provoking music of Gyorgy Kurtag.
Although dynamic choice problems are often presented with the help of fanciful thought experiments, their interest is not strictly theoretical.
But are we entitled to conclude from this fanciful thought experiment that failure is beneficial, or that parents and teachers should deliberately stand back rather than help out?
Sometimes these glimpses came through dreams or flights of fanciful thoughts that whispered in your head – I will be a pilot, or the president of Nigeria, rich man, own helicopters – for the future was what we made of it.
He began entertaining "fanciful thoughts" of quitting science and going to India.
