daydreamed

verb

past tense of daydream
as in dreamed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamed
  1. dreamed
  2. fantasized
  3. envisioned
  4. visualized
  5. imagined
  6. fancied
  7. envisaged
  8. conceived
Verb
  • Kennedy and Eames, who’ve been friends since middle school, have both dreamed about opening a restaurant one day.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Dreamers have dreamed big, raised private capital and put together a stadium proposal.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreamed
Verb
  • There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.
    — Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • The brand's return has been fantasized for years and ecstatically anticipated ever since Marc Jacobs Beauty was credited for the makeup in Jacobs's spring 2026 New York Fashion Week show.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 May 2026
Definition of fantasized
Verb
  • The implementation of these checks and balances can be seen as tactical and their uses have evolved over time in ways the Founders might not have envisioned.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The hospital is envisioned as the centerpiece of a larger health care network.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of visualized
Verb
  • Cody enlisted as a young man and paid a price none of us could have imagined.
    — Vanessa Chism, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The barrel had been punctured several times and dumped far offshore, Spencer said, but whoever discarded the remains likely never imagined the reservoir’s shoreline would one day retract hundreds of feet.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • West Ham, Wolves and Burnley bring recent Premier League experience, while Middlesbrough, Southampton, Birmingham, Norwich and Sheffield United are all fancied ahead of Wrexham for promotion.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of fancied
Verb
  • Tartus and the newer Hmeimim ultimately never realized the full strategic potential Moscow not long ago envisaged for them.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Premier League’s rules outline the need for this whole process to remain confidential until the independent commission is ready to hand down its judgement, but few, Masters included, had envisaged such a wait.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of envisaged
Verb
  • To fill that nostalgic envelope, the Beckers called on designer Kelsey Sundberg, who conceived a fanciful storyline for the interiors.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Freyas is conceived as a travelling event, rotating between the Nordic countries.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of conceived
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“Daydreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamed. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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