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

Example Sentences

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I spent years dreaming of the nomadic life before I was able to make it a reality.

From The Wall Street Journal

“A non-emotional discipline strategy … is a solid starting point to reaching your retirement dreams,” he said.

From MarketWatch

But he dreamed of getting back into computers.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If you have two dreams, you can live both of them at the same time," Bizet Donnum told the BBC's Women's Football Weekly podcast.

From BBC

Kelly: Which I imagine was the dream, wasn't it... from your dad lifting you up?

From BBC