Definitions

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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“If I have money, I can dream of many things. But if I have no money, how do we eat? How do we clothe ourselves? Where would we live?”

From The Wall Street Journal

Naumov said that his dream to make Team USA was one of the last things he spoke about with his parents before they were killed.

From BBC

The emotions of the national competition that would decide the family’s dream were so heavy that after he finished his free program, he found a secluded corner in the tunnel and sobbed.

From Los Angeles Times

On the morning of a school field trip, Danny woke from a fitful dream.

From Literature

“Hmm,” she replied, like she was answering me from a dream.

From Literature

dream

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