DAYDREAMS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreams

Noun

Leslie, who led the Sparks to two WNBA championships, hopes her statue inspires young girls pursue their basketball dreams.

— Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
However, his raging protectiveness over what might be lost — language, attire, ritual, even memory — grows more pronounced as Rio veers further into phantasmagoria by way of dreams and visions.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreams

Verb

Denise has also been keeping secrets, chiefly about the manuscript for a novel she’s been banging out on a typewriter in the basement, one that happens to be about a woman who fantasizes about leaving her family behind for life in New York.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
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.

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of fantasizes

Noun

The Nashville group Total Wife go off the deep end with mutant hyperpop fantasies on their delightful Come Back Down, while Phoenix’s Glixen get romantic on Quiet Pleasures.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
This is part of how Hollywood helped make the gerbil legend, shaping stars to deliver fantasies but telling lies along the way.

— Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of fantasies

Verb

One of them, Wilf (played with a neat balance of boyishness and menace by Charlie Webb), fancies her.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Either way, this is a dangerous way for a team that fancies itself as a perennial contender to annually live.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

Definition of fancies

Noun

OpenAI, xAI and Microsoft unveil competing visions for increasingly automated, yet supposedly supervised, AI development.

— Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Episode 4 begins with Stuart confined to a mental health facility, where he’s heavily medicated and quietly judged by a psychiatrist who believes his visions of alternate universes are all in his head.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of visions

Verb

The few still images Polyphony Digital has provided don’t provide us with an angle to see if the Mini layout is still feasible with the new track model.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026
The finalist images document the consequences of overfishing and bycatch, the impact of pollution on marine mammals and the killing of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands, a practice known as grindadráp.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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