fantasize
verb (used without object)
to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed byabout ).
fantasise
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a variation of
fantasize.
Example Sentences
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Lying on a sunbed, it can be easy to fantasise about quitting everything and retraining as a scuba diver instructor or yoga teacher, but Carr warns against a "knee-jerk reaction".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Whenever I fantasise about a couple of hours of uninterrupted relaxation during the chilly winter months, my mind immediately conjures up images of curling up on the sofa with a deliciously good book.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
Records showed the worker noted that Sophie was prone to fantasise and "appears to try to gain attention and shock others by what she says".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2022
It’s so easy for me to fantasise when I meet someone and immediately begin to picture the future.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2020
They fantasise, like the plutocrats in Ayn Rand’s terrible novel Atlas Shrugged, about further escape.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2019
