fantasise

Other forms of fantasise

past tense

fantasised·

present participle

fantasising·

third person

fantasises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fantasise

What does fantasise mean?

fantasise means "indulge in fantasies". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fantasise?

fantasise has 3 syllables: fan-ta-sise. The stress falls on "fan".

What is another word for fantasise?

Close synonyms include fantasy, fantasize, fantasize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fantasise a common word?

fantasise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.