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fantasizing

VERB

dream about desires

Synonyms

STRONGEST

daydream hallucinate

STRONG

envision imagine invent moon romance woolgather

WEAK

build castles in air head trip live in a dream world trip out

Example Sentences

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While starving and battling lice, the young women distracted themselves by fantasizing about food.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

I didn’t want it to be this person who’s a complete introvert, nerd, not of this world, fantasizing about being this superhero.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

But this wasn’t merely a spectacle of a man engaged in otherworldly fantasizing.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2025

The funny thing is all the Michigan State message board posters fantasizing about the school hiring Urban Meyer should actually be pining for Leipold.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023

I’m still fantasizing that a deus ex machina will descend from the heavens to resolve the situation.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed