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
  • For Farrar, now 38, unintentionally becoming the Nostradamus of a surreal and often very dumb political era has been a bizarre experience — haunting, even.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Parker’s longtime design philosophy is to reinterpret familiar things as surreal objects.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • In both races, polls signaled double-digit leads that proved illusory when votes were counted.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, any illusory effects would likely be lost on a viewer.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of illusory
Adjective
  • About 7 in 10 ads carried no AI disclosure, although the count includes uses beyond deceptive impersonations and does not establish how many ads violated a law or misled voters.
    — Stefani Langehennig, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Shrinkflation is particularly confusing, perhaps even deceptive, since sticker prices may remain the same even as the amount of product inside the package quietly falls.
    — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of deceptive
Adjective
  • Neon plans a 2027 theatrical release under the Creative Commons license for the open-source horror film based on a fictional secretive organization that keeps supernatural items and other harmful entities away from the public.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • With its setting in the fictional prairie town of Saint-Legal, the film takes inspiration from Ng’s small-town Alberta upbringing.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of fictional
Adjective
  • In Bettmann Panopticon, which opened to the public in 1964 at the School of Visual Arts Visual Arts Gallery, Max and Daly had taken images from the archive and mirrored them for a hallucinatory effect.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The year before, Khrzhanovsky had won a Tiger Award at Rotterdam for his first feature, the hallucinatory drama 4.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 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
  • The schemes often use fictitious romantic relationships to persuade victims to transfer money to an investment opportunity recommended by the fraudsters.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • As the puzzle pieces shift slowly into place, these revelations are jaw-dropping (once again, in their highly fictitious context), leading to a journalistic urgency.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of fictitious
Adjective
  • What matters most is being comfortably inside the path and away from the hard edges, not standing on an imaginary line drawn through its middle.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Each nutty denunciation of his imaginary tormentors includes a plea for a presidential pardon.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of imaginary
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