fantasizes
Dreams while awake
Fantasizes means to indulge in daydreams or imaginative scenarios, often about things unlikely to happen.
The fantasies may be wishful: She fantasizes about quitting her job and traveling the world.
Or sexual: He fantasizes about his coworker.
The word suggests dwelling on pleasing mental images rather than pursuing them in reality.
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- woolgatheringAbsent-minded indulgence in fantasy
- castles in the airFanciful, impractical schemes
- pipe dreamsFanciful, unattainable notions
- flight of fancyUnrealistic imaginative indulgence
fancies · whimsy · musings · lost in thought · head in the clouds · wishful thinking · wistful · zoning out
Picture in thought
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- pictureVisual depiction of something
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
- dream upInvent through imagination
invent · conceive · ideate · speculate · project · anticipate · what-if · scenarios
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- piningAching with prolonged desire
hunger · infatuation · obsession · covet · passion · want · ache · burning
Depart swiftly from threat
- liberationRelease from constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- refugePlace of safety
getaway · elsewhere · far away · running away · starting over · new life · disappear · reinvention
reverie
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- woolgatheringAbsent-minded indulgence in fantasy
- castles in the airFanciful, impractical schemes
- pipe dreamsFanciful, unattainable notions
flight of fancy · fancies · whimsy · musings · lost in thought · head in the clouds · wishful thinking · wistful · zoning out · absentminded
envision
Picture in thought
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- pictureVisual depiction of something
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
dream up · invent · conceive · ideate · speculate · project · anticipate · what-if · scenarios · elaborate
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
pining · hunger · infatuation · obsession · covet · passion · want · ache · burning · thirst
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
- liberationRelease from constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
refuge · getaway · elsewhere · far away · running away · starting over · new life · disappear · reinvention · paradise
fantasizesacknowledges
Confirms awareness of something
recognizes · reasons · analyzes · confronts · observes
fantasizesacts
Deeds or play sections
does · executes · implements · accomplishes · achieves
fantasizescomes to terms with
Accepts something difficult
faces facts · copes · adjusts · adapts · settles