Definition of Fantasize

1. Verb. Indulge in fantasies. "He is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"

Exact synonyms: Fantasise, Fantasy
Generic synonyms: Conceive Of, Envisage, Ideate, Imagine
Derivative terms: Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy

2. Verb. Portray in the mind. "He is fantasizing the ideal wife"
Exact synonyms: Fantasise
Generic synonyms: Conceive Of, Envisage, Ideate, Imagine

Definition of Fantasize

1. Verb. (intransitive usually with ''about'') To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fantasize

1. [v -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fantasize

fantard
fantards
fantasia
fantasias
fantasie
fantasied
fantasies
fantasise
fantasised
fantasiser
fantasisers
fantasises
fantasising
fantasist
fantasists
fantasize (current term)
fantasized
fantasizer
fantasizers
fantasizes
fantasizing
fantasm
fantasmal
fantasms
fantast
fantastic
fantastical
fantasticalities
fantasticality
fantastically

Literary usage of Fantasize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"Guess or fantasize what you think was really on the writer's mind. • Assume that soon before the author wrote this piece, he or she did something very ..."

2. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"When you feel cravings, fantasize about controlled use, or begin to daydream about how nice things were when you used • stimulants, review the names on this ..."

3. Make a Difference: A Spectacular Breakthrough in the Fight Against Poverty by Gary MacDougal (2005)
"I fantasize about foundation annual reports that, ... I also fantasize about improving foundation responsiveness in other ways, such as term limits for ..."

4. Figuring It Out by Nicole Bautista (2006)
"The fact that since I've begun to accept myself as gay, my ability to fantasize has come back. It's like I'm now allowing myself to have all these thoughts ..."

5. WMD Machete by Mark Plimsoll (2006)
"Everyone truly alive wants to walk up to the edge of a precipice to look down and fantasize their fall. It angers me when people won't look. ..."

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