dreamt

[dremt] / drɛmt /

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 lust picture pine sigh stargaze sublimate 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

Antonyms

STRONG

despise dislike hate

Example Sentences

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dreamt

We are introduced to mortgage-backed securities and to the people who dreamt them up and abused them, antiheroes of the 2007-09 debt debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Money itself is just a construct, one with rules dreamt up by humans.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

"I wasn't sure I hadn't just dreamt the whole thing, it felt so surreal I couldn't believe it myself," said Roper, who admitted his new home was "quite the upgrade" from his current bungalow.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

For Sonnenshine, who was in the middle of working on Season 2, the reality of making the series has been even more rewarding than what she dreamt of as a child.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

“No,” Angela said, “I dreamt about the black man who works in the restaurant near the post office. Him and my father.”

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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