as in dreams
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 daydreams
Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 May 2026
Nina, Karen and Caroline started appearing in my daydreams, full of vigor and life lessons.
—Jennifer Acker, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Some stories plant deep in your creative brain and come out through songs heard on the radio and random daydreams in the shower.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The family car is a Mazda, but Zac daydreams of a Bugatti Veyron.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
More than masturbatory daydreams, Vladimir inspires our heroine to write with abandon, ignoring professional and personal obligations in service to her muse.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
The heady scent—a mix of white florals, amber, and sandalwood—induces daydreams of tanning on a white-sand beach.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 May 2026
Nina, Karen and Caroline started appearing in my daydreams, full of vigor and life lessons.
—Jennifer Acker, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Some stories plant deep in your creative brain and come out through songs heard on the radio and random daydreams in the shower.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The family car is a Mazda, but Zac daydreams of a Bugatti Veyron.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
More than masturbatory daydreams, Vladimir inspires our heroine to write with abandon, ignoring professional and personal obligations in service to her muse.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreams
Noun
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For one, the inspiring and bonding experience of Cowgirl Up—a week where women from across the globe come to live out their dreams of an iconic ranch stay—and not only release, but exercise their inner cowboy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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These memories of his brief, sad human life are uneasy dreams that Lestat wakes from on his tour bus as the sun sets over the road to Toledo.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Watching Moon and this better daughter, Stevie fantasizes about walking out of the store and vanishing.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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The side marketed as soft increasingly fantasizes about confrontation, while the side marketed as hard seeks protection and paternal dominance.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
Noun
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These fantasies can all skew toward exclusionary extremism on the left and the right.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
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In those pages, Fiedler dared to argue that many of America’s boyish and putatively innocent classics are in fact fantasies of interracial, homosexual romance.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Verb
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When the dreams start bleeding into real life, Charlie — who fancies himself an amateur detective — convinces his brother and friends to investigate Lorcan’s mysterious origins, a thread that soon unravels an entire secret fantasy world kept under wraps by the elders of the island.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
1 May 2026
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And Ripi fancies itself as a disruptor.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On Monday afternoon, the AP projected that Raman would advance to the November general election, setting up a contest between two Democrats with sharply different visions for the city.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Fresh off the stunning success of Jaws, Spielberg began working on an alien epic about an average Joe (played by Richard Dreyfuss) who begins to see unexplained lights in the sky and has visions of a mysterious tower.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Verb
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One vision imagines a future that is increasingly automated, optimized, digitized, and controlled by a small number of powerful technology platforms.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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One imagines the narrator of the Proclaimers’ most maniacal hit undertaking their 500-mile journey with a double dose of Vyvanse.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Rustin and Epstein—who recently opened an intimate second space in London for Edel Assanti—were under no illusions.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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This lifelong Black Catholic bears no illusions about the sins of my church.—
Laura Washington,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
Verb
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And while the device shoots only low-resolution, B&W still images, when combined with audio-capture and Bluetooth connection to the internet for third-party facial recognition, the threat to privacy is obvious and massive.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
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And Israel has also imposed strict rules about what images citizens and journalists can and can't post online.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Daydreams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreams. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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