fantasized

verb

past tense of fantasize
as in imagined
to form a mental picture of all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury

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Recent Examples of fantasized There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid. — Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 The brand's return has been fantasized for years and ecstatically anticipated ever since Marc Jacobs Beauty was credited for the makeup in Jacobs's spring 2026 New York Fashion Week show. — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 May 2026 For anyone who’s ever fantasized about riding horseback on a beach with a salty breeze blowing in the air, this is the place to satisfy your wildest whims. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 May 2026 For years the sisters had fantasized, half-seriously, about having their own YouTube channel. — Scot Paltrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 The new sound became a global fad, even in the locales that exotica artists fantasized about. — H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026 In this scenario, Eleven got away and traveled somewhere safe — someplace with multiple waterfalls, just like the ones Mike fantasized about for them. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026 While other kids fantasized about movie stars, Marty daydreamed about table tennis pros. — Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025 Republicans even lost the Virginia attorney general race to a Democrat who had fantasized about killing his political rival and their children. — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasized
  1. imagined
  2. envisioned
  3. dreamed
  4. saw
Verb
  • Cody enlisted as a young man and paid a price none of us could have imagined.
    — Vanessa Chism, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The barrel had been punctured several times and dumped far offshore, Spencer said, but whoever discarded the remains likely never imagined the reservoir’s shoreline would one day retract hundreds of feet.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • The country had not elected a Black president or even envisioned a Black first lady.
    — Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
  • From the outset, Schoenbrun asked the designers to look to old moviemaking tricks for inspiration to make the landscapes at the Camp Miasma set as dreamy and immersive as the director envisioned.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • The Dreamers have dreamed big, raised private capital and put together a stadium proposal.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In March, as the criminal investigation dragged on and many wondered if Burke would ever face charges, Jane, the girl who frequently messaged with Burke before Rivas Hernandez, dreamt about him on his birthday.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreamed
Verb
  • In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
  • Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of saw

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