FANTASIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fantasize mean? 

• FANTASIZE (verb)
  The verb FANTASIZE has 2 senses:

1. indulge in fantasies

2. portray in the mind

  Familiarity information: FANTASIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FANTASIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fantasize    ... he / she / it fantasizes   
Past simple: fantasized   
Past participle: fantasized   
-ing form: fantasizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indulge in fantasies

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

fantasise; fantasize; fantasy

Context example:

he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company

Hypernyms (to "fantasize" is one way to...):

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

fantasy (imagination unrestricted by reality)

fantasy (something many people believe that is false)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Portray in the mind

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

fantasise; fantasize

Context example:

he is fantasizing the ideal wife

Hypernyms (to "fantasize" is one way to...):

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something