daydreams 1 of 2

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

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daydreams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of daydream
as in fantasies

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Recent Examples of daydreams
Noun
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 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 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 The family car is a Mazda, but Zac daydreams of a Bugatti Veyron. — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Apr. 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 Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreams
  1. dreams
  2. fantasizes
  3. fantasies
  4. fancies
  5. visions
  6. imagines
  7. illusions
  8. images
Noun
  • Romelu Lukaku scored the fourth goal just at the end of stoppage time, and ending the USMNT’s dreams.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of dreams
Verb
  • The busboy, Oscar, fantasizes about slathering honey over Kelce's bared chest as he is tied to a pole, leaving him to be eaten by a bear.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • In the weeks after learning about their Michelin status, Tina fantasizes about her new life as the Chef de cuisine with her husband beside her (played by the actor’s real-life husband David Zayas).
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of fantasizes
Noun
  • For this dourest of doubters, Musk’s claims for the feats ahead can only happen in the SpaceX founder’s head, or in the sci-fi fantasies Eisman grew up on.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Circe and Calypso, for instance, are fantasies of pleasure and captivity, projections of men’s fear of losing control; Odysseus’ abandonment of them is part of his return to command.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of fantasies
Verb
  • On the one hand, Ramsay fancies himself as a footballer.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of fancies
Noun
  • And for Rhaenyra, there are different visions of her premiership, one being something that looks a little like her father’s, that of the sort of moderate, kind of peaceful ruler.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026
  • Ahead of Independence Day, the two figureheads of America’s political parties offered competing visions for the nation’s future, each before symbols of the country’s past.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
Definition of visions
Verb
  • No parent ever imagines spending a holiday within hospital walls, so these traditions aim to give them something to look forward to and enjoy in the midst of it all.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Ward imagines a space inside a space, not unlike the custom tents and custom builds popular in luxury weddings right now (one tent took five days to assemble and recreate a Greek Orthodox church, Vogue reported).
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Definition of imagines
Noun
  • Presented Out of Competition at the 1967 edition of Venice, Deadly Sweet takes it cue from a brief encounter between a disenchanted man and a girl with no illusions in the wake of the murder of a nightclub owner in London.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Perhaps because of this aesthetic of illusions, the earnest state pride evident in some of the pavilions turns out to feel especially delightful.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Definition of illusions
Verb
  • Slow-motion replays and still images distort the offending player’s actions, with innocuous tackles looking more serious.
    — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • On the other hand, a full-body scan images the whole body in one session rather than a specific area.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of images

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