Fantasticize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make fantastic; to use the imagination to embellish.

    "By fantasticizing death we deny it once again."

  2. 2
    Synonym of fantasize.

    "The people of the town gave the matter a lot of thought, really "fantasticized" over it for a long time, and finally decided to open the cabaret on the right corner of the Promenade."

Synonyms

All synonyms
fantasize

Example

More examples

"By fantasticizing death we deny it once again."

Etymology

From fantastic + -ize.

More for "fantasticize"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.