Synonyms of daydreams

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noun

plural of daydream

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreams
• fantasies
• visions
• illusions
• ideas
• delusions
• unrealities
• nightmares
• hallucinations
• chimeras
• figments
• phantasms
• pipe dreams
• mirages
• fancies
• conceits
• castles in the air
• castles in Spain
• nonentities
• fictions
• concoctions
• inventions
• utopias
• visualizations
• fabrications
• brainchildren
• fables
• will-o'-the-wisps
• ignes fatui
• daymares
• cloud-cuckoo-lands
• cloudlands
• Shangri-las

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

daydreams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of daydream

as in fantasies

Related Words

• fantasies
• dreams
• visions
• fantasizes
• fancies
• imagines
• images
• envisions
• visualizes
• features
• envisages
• conceits
• conjures (up)
• pictures
• conceives
• stargazes
• reminisces
• muses
• reflects
• hallucinates
• relives
• ruminates
• sees
• plans
• contemplates
• ideates
• ponders
• projects
• meditates
• invents
• manufactures
• concocts
• foresees
• re-creates
• makes up
• prefigures
• fabricates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of daydreams

Noun

And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026

One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026

Ethereal and naturally whimsical, this sandal is giving beach day, daydreams and romanticizing summer, which is very Pisces. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

And like the iconic Orient-Express (whose original route has been revived by Belmond's Venice Simplon-Orient-Express), the Champagne flutes, suited servers, and glossy design of this locomotive hold a seductive potential for daydreams and drama. — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026

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

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