Synonyms of fantasizes

fantasizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of fantasize

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of

all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagines
• envisions
• sees
• dreams
• fantasies
• conceives
• visualizes
• visions
• pictures
• envisages
• fancies
• contemplates
• features
• conjures (up)
• images
• daydreams
• conceits
• plans
• ideates
• reflects
• hallucinates
• ponders
• reminisces
• ruminates
• relives
• muses
• invents
• meditates
• foresees
• concocts
• manufactures
• stargazes
• prefigures
• projects
• re-creates
• fabricates
• makes up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fantasizes

Denise has also been keeping secrets, chiefly about the manuscript for a novel she’s been banging out on a typewriter in the basement, one that happens to be about a woman who fantasizes about leaving her family behind for life in New York. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

The busboy, Oscar, fantasizes about slathering honey over Kelce's bared chest as he is tied to a pole, leaving him to be eaten by a bear. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026

In the weeks after learning about their Michelin status, Tina fantasizes about her new life as the Chef de cuisine with her husband beside her (played by the actor’s real-life husband David Zayas). — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2026

Watching Moon and this better daughter, Stevie fantasizes about walking out of the store and vanishing. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

The side marketed as soft increasingly fantasizes about confrontation, while the side marketed as hard seeks protection and paternal dominance. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026

Frenza fantasizes about her visit to the post office, scene after scene, with unbridled delight. — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026

Each generation is accused of selling out true conservative principles in order to govern; a radical flank fantasizes about restoring the Party to those principles. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Dartmouth will never be affected by the fundamental transformation of America that Campbell fantasizes will soon be devastating Winthrop, Holden and the rest of the towns. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026