DAY-DREAM Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈdā-ˌdrēm

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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Recent Examples of daydream

Noun

Below, some of the finest, high-quality ruffled bedding around the web for creating the frothy bedscape of your daydreams. —

Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2026 Rather than stressing over social niceties, sitting in ornate carriages and snacking on cream cakes, Sophie daydreams while scrubbing floors and delivering tea. —

Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026

Verb

Want to daydream about your future home in the mountains? —

Heather Bien, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025 The voices behind Huntr/x — Ejae, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna — appear in the sketch when Thomas begins to daydream. —

Thania Garcia, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for daydream

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Noun

Then there are those fighting and clawing to extend their NFL dream, such as Mason Reiger, who signed as a rookie free agent because his draft stock tanked because of medical evaluation.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
What was once street play and schoolyard competition now carries the weight of a national dream.

— Ricci Shryock, NPR, 10 May 2026