fantasize
/ˈfantəsʌɪz
/(also fantasise)
verb [no object]
1Indulge in daydreaming about something desired: he sometimes fantasized about emigrating...
- Some children told lies as they fantasized about what they had, living aloud their day-dreams.
- I couldn't keep myself from tensing at seeing her beautiful face, the face in my dreams and that I fantasized about holding and kissing.
- The man she had dreamed about and fantasized about was now proposing the very thing she had wished for.
Synonyms
daydream, dream, muse, indulge in fantasy, indulge in fancy, make-believe, play-act, pretend, imagine, give free rein to one's imagination, build castles in the air, build castles in Spain, live in a dream world, indulge in wool-gathering
1.1 [with object] Imagine (something that one wants to happen): one might fantasize the death of someone seen as a threat...
- Children in families in which speechlessness dominates and few facts have been disclosed may fantasize details to imagine the parental trauma.
- I also liked Wedding Espresso which was about a woman fantasising her wedding plans and very slickly animated.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray fantasizes a world where middle-aged hedonists can be forever boys, equated in a timeless plane composed half out of lust, half out of the wish-fulfilling visions of the fairy story.