fantasize

especially British, fan·ta·sise
Or phan·ta·size

[fan-tuh-sahyz]

verb (used without object)

fantasized, fantasizing 

1. to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed byabout ).

   to fantasize about the ideal job.

verb (used with object)

fantasized, fantasizing 

1. to create in one's fancy, daydreams, or the like; imagine.

   to fantasize a trip through space.

fantasize

/ ˈfæntəˌsaɪz /

verb

1. to conceive extravagant or whimsical ideas, images, etc

2. (intr) to conceive pleasant or satisfying mental images

Other Word Forms

• fantasizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantasize¹

First recorded in 1925–30; fantas(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

His despotic dismissals of the rule of law, in ways both large and small, are creating what many in the GOP have long fantasized: An imperial presidency.

Read more on Salon

Sometimes, the officers blatantly fantasized about the deaths of Black men, women and even kids.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Instead, he fantasizes about resettling in the Ukraine and forging a life that might command the respect he craves from his parents.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

I ate it voraciously and have since fantasized over how I might replicate it at home, especially during the summertime — but I've yet to come close.

Read more on Salon

Obviously that was a childish delusion, but Trump has clung to it through thick and thin, even fantasizing that they had a special bond.

Read more on Salon

Related Words

• daydream 
• hallucinate