Synonyms of daydream

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dream
• fantasy
• illusion
• vision
• delusion
• phantasy
• idea
• unreality
• nightmare
• hallucination
• fantasm
• pipe dream
• chimera
• imaging
• castle in the air
• phantasm
• mirage
• castle in Spain
• figment
• fiction
• conceit
• nonentity
• fancy
• visualization
• utopia
• concoction
• ignis fatuus
• fabrication
• fable
• brainchild
• cloudland
• will-o'-the-wisp
• envisaging
• invention
• cloud-cuckoo-land
• Shangri-la
• daymare

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality

daydream

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verb

as in to dream

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dream
• fantasize
• fantasy
• envision
• vision
• visualize
• imagine
• envisage
• fancy
• stargaze
• feature
• conceive
• picture
• image
• conceit
• hallucinate
• conjure (up)
• muse
• relive
• see
• reminisce
• reflect
• ruminate
• ponder
• contemplate
• meditate
• ideate
• plan
• project
• invent
• concoct
• re-create
• foresee
• make up
• manufacture
• prefigure
• fabricate

Examples of daydream in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Serendipitously what had begun as a mere daydream suddenly sprang to life. —Ken Fulk, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2024

Similarly, Practice places Annabel’s decision making—what to write about the sonnets, whether her much-older boyfriend should visit her at college—on the same footing as her daydreams. —Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 1 July 2024

Verb

Growing up in the traditional surroundings of Kyoto, Japan, Kawajiri spent her days daydreaming and doodling in her notebook. —Marie Lodi, refinery29.com, 24 May 2024

The pair had daydreamed about Heffner one day putting the blobs— which look like colorful human figures all embracing one another — on stickers and other merchandise. —Emma Uber, Washington Post, 18 July 2024