dream

Nouns

  • (n) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
    • I had a dream about you last night
    dreaming,
  • (n) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
    • he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
    dreaming,
  • (n) a cherished desire
    • his ambition is to own his own business
    ambition, aspiration,
  • (n) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
    • I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
    pipe dream,
  • (n) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
    • he went about his work as if in a dream
  • (n) someone or something wonderful
    • this dessert is a dream

Verbs

  • (v) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy daydream, woolgather, stargaze,
  • (v) experience while sleeping
    • She claims to never dream
    • He dreamt a strange scene

Synonyms

daydream woolgather stargaze dreaming ambition aspiration pipe dream

See also

dream up think up hatch concoct think of

Words of close approximity

dread drear
dreg Drew drey
dread drear dreck dregs dress
dreamed dreamer dreamfully dreamily dreaminess dreaming dreamland dreamless dreamlike dream up dreamworld dreamy