dream

[dreem] / drim /

NOUN

illusion, vision

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delusion fantasy idea image imagination nightmare thought

STRONG

bubble chimera daydream fancy hallucination impression incubus rainbow reverie specter speculation trance vagary wraith

WEAK

castle in the air head trip mental picture pie in the sky pipe dream

Antonyms

STRONGEST

reality

STRONG

fact

WEAK

actuality certainty

NOUN

goal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambition aspiration desire hope notion wish

STRONG

design

WEAK

flight of fancy pipe-dream

VERB

conjure up scenario

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conceive crave daydream fantasize invent think visualize

STRONG

brainstorm concoct create devise envisage fancy formulate hallucinate hanker hatch hunger idealize imagine long for picture pine sigh stargaze thirst

WEAK

be delirious be moonstruck be up in clouds build castles in air cook up have a flash have a nightmare have a notion have a vision make up search for pot of gold think up

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When I got that Elmer plate, the idea that my son could ever actually be advanced enough to understand the words in one of the Elmer board books felt like a wondrous dream.

From The Wall Street Journal

"She is a dream Agnes, she does an incredible job inhabiting that character," she said.

From BBC

They can range from impressing their new clubs, hoping for transfers, World Cup dreams and returning from injury frustrations to trying to win a first trophy.

From BBC

I went to a pond with my mom, and I was like, “One day, I’m gonna be a huge actor. And following my dreams.”

From Los Angeles Times

Ellie is beaming as she talks from her home in Essex about the phone call she had dreamed about for years.

From BBC

dream

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