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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At 31 and with more than 500 appearances for Athletic, including a La Liga record 251 in a row, the forward looks good to deliver on that dream.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

After his boyfriend dies tragically, Rowan is forced to start from scratch, mourning the dream of the life he once had alongside his partner and trying to rent out his now-spare bedroom.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

In a dream she gazes out from eyes like “great transparent marbles.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He carried a dream - and had a chance interaction that would help shape his future.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

As I drifted back to sleep, I wished and wished that, when I woke again, the early-morning’s events would turn out to have been a bad dream.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

dream

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