dream - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

Synonyms

• dream
• pipe dream

More generic

• fantasy
• phantasy

Noun

a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality

Synonyms

• dream

More generic

• reverie
• revery

Noun

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

Synonyms

• dream
• dreaming

More generic

• imagery
• imagination
• imaging
• mental imagery

More specific

• nightmare
• wet dream

Related

• sleeping

Noun

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

Synonyms

• dream
• dreaming

More generic

• imagination
• imaginativeness
• vision

More specific

• air castle
• castle in Spain
• castle in the air
• daydream
• daydreaming
• oneirism
• reverie
• revery
• woolgathering

Noun

a cherished desire

Synonyms

• ambition
• aspiration
• dream

More generic

• desire

More specific

• American Dream
• emulation
• nationalism

Noun

someone or something wonderful

Synonyms

• dream

More generic

• flawlessness
• ne plus ultra
• perfection

Verb

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Synonyms

• daydream
• dream
• stargaze
• woolgather

More generic

• conceive of
• envisage
• ideate
• imagine

Also See

• dream up

Verb

experience while sleeping

Synonyms

• dream

More generic

• comprehend
• perceive

Related

• catch some Z's
• kip
• log Z's
• sleep
• slumber

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