dreams

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

concrete entity reality truth

STRONG

fact

WEAK

actuality certainty existence substance

NOUN

goal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambition aspiration desire hope notion wish

STRONG

design

WEAK

flight of fancy pipe dream

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate hatred

WEAK

actuality certainty existence fact reality substance truth

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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Habiba dreams of having a tractor, but it is too expensive; there is only one in the village that a family rents out to those who can afford it.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

The latter is the hangover from a peripatetic childhood defined and dominated by his charismatic father, a once-idealistic scholar whose dreams of a Arab utopia soured into authoritarian megalomania.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026

In the future, he dreams of working with genre-spanning Latino pop artists who crossed over culturally, like Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello and Rauw Alejandro.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

The Wall Street Journal spoke to thrifty soccer admirers about how they made their World Cup dreams a reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The best that a girl with all dreams and no shoes could hope to have.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny