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plural of dream.
present tense form of dream (3rd person singular).

dreams

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All (3) Noun (2) Verb (1)

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illusion, vision n.
goal n.
conjure up scenario v.

NOUN

illusion, vision

Synonyms

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delusion fantasy idea image imagination nightmare thought

STRONG

bubble chimera daydream fancy hallucination impression incubus rainbow reverie specter speculation trance vagary wraith

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castle in the air head trip mental picture pie in the sky pipe dream

Antonyms

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concrete entity reality truth

STRONG

fact

WEAK

actuality certainty existence substance

NOUN

goal

Synonyms

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ambition aspiration desire hope notion wish

STRONG

design

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flight of fancy pipe dream

Antonyms

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dislike hate hatred

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actuality certainty existence fact reality substance truth

VERB

conjure up scenario

Synonyms

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conceive crave daydream fantasize invent think visualize

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brainstorm concoct create devise envisage fancy formulate hallucinate hanker hatch hunger idealize imagine long lust picture pine sigh stargaze sublimate thirst

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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

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despise dislike hate

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dreams

She dreams of becoming a district magistrate, a powerful field bureaucrat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

There’s wisdom and depth to the film’s themes of growing old, dashed dreams and the magic of rediscovery, plus a deliciously ironic final twist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"That day I felt that many of the dreams I had carried inside me for years were suddenly taken away."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

"In a single second I practically lost everything -- my dreams, everything."

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

She thought of the boys she used to imagine, the ones that had once filled her dreams, the ones she believed could make her fly.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny