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noun

ˈdā-ˌdrēm How to pronounce daydream (audio)
Definition of daydreamnext
as in dream
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream

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daydream

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verb

as in to dream

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Recent Examples of daydream
Noun
The next day, Luwi had a similar daydream, but this time the disapproving patriarch was Gajdusek. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
Verb
Living a normal life as Adam Glenn, he is stuck in a boring office job, while daydreaming of fantasy and faraway lands. — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 James’ novelist wife, Lizzie (Katherine Parkinson), is still daydreaming about Freddie. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for daydream
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydream
  1. dream
  2. fantasize
  3. illusion
  4. envision
  5. fantasy
  6. vision
  7. visualize
  8. imagine
Noun
  • Friends, relatives, and loyal customers kept their dream alive as the business grew.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • She's worked for the air ambulance service for seven years and still calls it a dream job.
    — Elaine Appleton-Grant, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of dream
Verb
  • Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Massi is the first to leave, fantasizing about walking off with Joy; then Kat.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of fantasize
Noun
  • The war has exacted a toll on their economies and shattered illusions about their security.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • And that created this brand, maybe an illusion for him, of radical transparency.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of illusion
Verb
  • On Friday, the government submitted a 106-page plan for the arch that envisions a massive structure more than 12 stories high that includes a huge bronze statue of Lady Liberty with wings and carrying a torch with an eternal flame.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Chase has previously explained that Amy had long envisioned eventually returning to the area where she was born and raised.
    — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of envision
Noun
  • The middle-grade series blending romance, fantasy and vampire adventures.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
  • As an art form, fantasy has always sailed into the fierce headwinds of elite dismissal.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of fantasy
Verb
  • Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.
    — Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.
    — Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
Definition of vision
Verb
  • Seeing the whole year at once is a wonderful way to visualize time.
    — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The centerpiece in the event space was an art installation that visualized the magnitude of impact that Blue Jeans Go Green has had.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of visualize
Verb
  • Brown's career started as well as anyone could have imagined, as the former sixth-round-pick from Central Michigan went from fighting to earn a roster spot to becoming one of the most prolific wide receivers in Pittsburgh franchise history.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That gives you the basic shape of Andromeda — not the easiest constellation to imagine as a mythological princess, but a useful chain of stars to learn.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of imagine

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“Daydream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydream. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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