fantasize

English

Alternative forms

• fantasise (non-Oxford British English)
• phantasise (non-Oxford British English, dated)
• phantasize (dated)

Etymology

From fantasy +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/

Verb

fantasize (third-person singular simple present fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, simple past and past participle fantasized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

   I fantasized about my ideal date.

2. (intransitive, transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
   • 1984 August 11, Janice Irvine, “Secrets of Fear, Shame, and Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 9:

     Not that Mom and I didn't have our "shared experiences" — it's just that I'd like to forget most of them. I'd rather fantasize us together in that little cafe.

   • 1995 March 22, “Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies”, in The Arizona Republic:

     Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.

Translations

to indulge in fantasy

• Arabic: تخيّل
• Bulgarian: фантазирам (bg) (fantaziram)
• French: fantasmer (fr)
• Georgian: ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba)
• Greek: ονειροπολώ (el) (oneiropoló), φαντάζομαι (el) (fantázomai)
• Hungarian: fantáziál (hu)
• Lao: ເພີ້ຝັນ (phœ̄ fan), ຈິນຕະນາການ (lo) (chin ta nā kān)
• Luxembourgish: fantaséieren
• Norwegian: fantasere
• Portuguese: fantasiar (pt)
• Romanian: avea fantezii
• Russian: фантази́ровать (ru) impf (fantazírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фантазирати

  Roman: fantazirati (sh)

• Spanish: fantasear (es)
• Swedish: fantisera (sv)
• Thai: เพ้อฝัน (th) (pə́ə-fǎn), จินตนาการ (th) (jin-dtà-naa-gaan), ฝันเฟื่อง (th) (fǎn-fʉ̂ʉang)

to portray in the mind

• Bulgarian: фантазирам си (fantaziram si)
• Hungarian: fantáziál (hu)
• Maori: pohewa
• Portuguese: fantasiar (pt)
• Turkish: kurgulamak