daydream

¹day·dream

noun \ˈdā-ˌdrēm\

Definition of DAYDREAM

: a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination

— day·dream·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Examples of DAYDREAM

1. I drifted off in a daydream during the class.
2. <hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream>

First Known Use of DAYDREAM

1685

Related to DAYDREAM

Synonyms

chimera, conceit, fantasy, delusion, dream, fancy, figment, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision

Related Words

ignis fatuus, mirage, will-o'-the-wisp; brainchild, idea; concoction, fable, fabrication, fiction, invention; envisaging, imaging, visualization; cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudland, Shangri-la, utopia; daymare, nightmare

Near Antonyms

actuality, fact, reality

Rhymes with DAYDREAM

abeam, agleam, airstream, berseem, beseem, bireme, blaspheme, bloodstream, centime, coal seam, cold cream, crossbeam, downstream, dream team, drill team, egg cream, esteem, extreme, French seam, grapheme, Gulf Stream, hakim, headstream, high beam, hornbeam, I beam, ice cream, inseam, jet stream, kilim, lexeme, live steam, low beam, mainstream, midstream, millime, millstream, moonbeam, morpheme, onstream, phoneme, pipe dream, redeem, regime, rhyme scheme, sealed-beam, sememe, sidestream, slipstream, sour cream, sunbeam, supreme, tag team, Tarim, third-stream, toneme, trireme, unseam, upstream, warp beam, wet dream

²daydream

intransitive verb

Definition of DAYDREAM

: to have a daydream

— day·dream·er noun

Examples of DAYDREAM

1. Instead of studying, he spent the afternoon daydreaming about his vacation.

First Known Use of DAYDREAM

1820

day·dream

noun \ˈdā-ˌdrēm\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of DAYDREAM

: a visionary creation of the imagination experienced while awake; especially : a gratifying reverie usually of wish fulfillment

—daydream intransitive verb

—day·dream·er noun