daydreamlike

adjective

as in surreal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamlike
  1. surreal
  2. illusory
  3. deceptive
  4. fictional
  5. hallucinatory
  6. phantasmagoric
  7. fictitious
  8. imaginary
Adjective
  • There’s something comfortingly surreal about gliding around on a block of ice underneath palm trees in 80-plus degree weather.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Preparing for stages and working on music while going to school felt surreal.
    — Billboard Korea, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • The nightmare of Lynch’s film is that the road’s linearity—and, by extension, our own linearity—is as illusory as its—and our—freedom.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Thomas drives away with a limp, malfunctioning Vision next to him, and an illusory, wisecracking Ultron in the back seat.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of illusory
Adjective
  • Voters across the country saw through the deceptive tactics utilized by super PACs, corporations, and nonprofits.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The agency said undisclosed collection or use of personal information to personalize prices could violate the FTC Act’s prohibition on unfair or deceptive practices.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of deceptive
Adjective
  • The fictional planet’s volcanic landscape releases gases such as sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, both of which are hazardous at high concentrations.
    — Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • So all of the people in the piece — Vincent, Gus, whoever — those were all just fictional characters.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of fictional
Adjective
  • Just as all the guys in the crew except Moe fail to step up and intervene when the drunks mess with the girls, so too do the girls fail to step up and intervene in Kaylee’s delusional, maybe even hallucinatory, view of Matt.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Arpita Singh, an Indian painter whose hallucinatory work fused allusions to real-world violence with uninterpretable dream imagery, died on Monday in New Delhi.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of hallucinatory
Adjective
  • Step into the wardrobe and enter Greta Gerwig’s phantasmagorical emporium of glam-rock excess.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Over the course of one phantasmagoric evening, Robin witnesses events that prefigure the Revolutionary War.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of phantasmagoric
Adjective
  • Even so, consistency is also what keeps audiences coming back and Joe Miñoso, who has been with the show from the start, has been a reassuringly familiar face at the fictitious Firehouse 51.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This Lincolnian view of the war—that the United States was perpetual and that the Confederate States of America was a fictitious, farcical nation—has led to various historical interpretations ever since, among historians and laypeople alike.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of fictitious
Adjective
  • The film was a vision of the future refracted through an imaginary past.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The elimination of the imaginary Kong Mountains and knowledge of a shorter travel distance through the dense tropical forest accelerated French colonization of the region.
    — Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of imaginary
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