Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, past tense, past participle fantasizedregional note: in BRIT, also use fantasise
1. verb
If you fantasize about an event or situation that you would like to happen, you give yourself pleasure by imagining that it is happening, although it is untrue or unlikely to happen.
I fantasised about writing music. [VERB + about]
Her husband died in 1967, although she fantasised that he was still alive. [VERB that]
[Also V -ing]
Synonyms: daydream, imagine, invent, romance More Synonyms of fantasize
2. verb
If someone fantasizes, they try to excite themselves sexually by imagining a particular person or situation.
Research has shown that men are likely to fantasize far more frequently than women. [VERB]
I used to fantasize about her throughout my teens. [V + about/over]
[Also VERB noun]
fantasize in British English
or fantasise (ˈfæntəˌsaɪz)
verb
1. (whentr, takes a clause as object)
to conceive extravagant or whimsical ideas, images, etc
2. (intransitive)
to conceive pleasant or satisfying mental images
fantasize in American English
(ˈfæntəˌsaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfantaˌsized or ˈfantaˌsizing
1.
to create or imagine in a fantasy; have daydreams about
verb intransitive
2.
to indulge in fantasies
Word origin
fantasy + -ize
Examples of 'fantasize' in a sentence
fantasize
"If you're going to talk through this, could you at least manage to say ain't a few times so I can fantasize ?
Susan Elizabeth Phillips NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE (1997)
In other languages
fantasize
British English: fantasize VERB
If you fantasize about an event or situation that you would like to happen, you imagine that it is happening.
I fantasized about writing music.
American English: fantasize
Brazilian Portuguese: fantasiar
Chinese: 幻想
European Spanish: fantasear
French: fantasmer
German: fantasieren
Italian: fantasticare
Japanese: 空想する
Korean: 공상하다
European Portuguese: fantasiar
Latin American Spanish: fantasear
Chinese translation of 'fantasize'
fantasize
(ˈfæntəsaɪz)
vi
to fantasize about (doing) sth幻想(做)某事 (huànxiǎng (zuò) mǒushì)
to fantasize that ... 幻想 ... (huànxiǎng ... )
(verb)
Definition
to imagine pleasant but unlikely events
I fantasized about writing music.
Synonyms
daydream
He daydreams of being a famous journalist.
imagine
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
invent
romance
envision
hallucinate
Miguel stared at him, as if he were hallucinating.
see visions
live in a dream world
build castles in the air
give free rein to the imagination
Additional synonyms
in the sense of hallucinate
Definition
to seem to see something that is not really there
Miguel stared at him, as if he were hallucinating.