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dreamland

noun

Definition of dreamlandnext
as in fairyland

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Recent Examples of dreamland Arteta and his players are in dreamland and just fingertips away from history. — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 5 May 2026 As if part of you is still in dreamland. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026 That puts us into the dreamland of an individual GPU running a trillion-parameter model. — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 The movies were for stargazing; the theater, for Hellman, was truth, reality, a way to communicate important ideas to receptive audiences who were looking to be jolted awake rather than pampered into dreamland. — Literary Hub, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dreamland
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamland
  1. fairyland
  2. wonderland
  3. dreamworld
  4. utopia
  5. fantasyland
Noun
  • In Mozart’s opera, Tamino, a prince in a fairyland of mystic temples and mystifying gods, relies on his supernatural flute that turn sorrow into joy to get him out of jams.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
  • The winter rains can turn our Bay Area yards into fairylands with mushrooms popping up all over.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of fairyland
Noun
  • The Shed was transformed into an uplifting garden wonderland, and the layered styling of the (sometimes bug-inspired) looks was on-point.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Of all the restaurants in the Asian food wonderland around the new H Mart superstore on NE Loop 820, Yindee will draw early crowds.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of wonderland
Noun
  • Consider this design to be what dew drops look like in a Leo’s dreamworld.
    — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 17 July 2026
  • Rooms Despite the handsome yet unassuming mint green exterior, stepping inside this hotel is like stepping into a dreamworld of maximalist expression.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
Definition of dreamworld
Noun
  • This pioneering vessel proves that cleaning up the operation doesn't require waiting for a distant technological utopia.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Where the Tea Party was demanding a right-wing agenda for the nation, the DSA wants to dismantle America and rebuild it as a workers' utopia.
    — Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of utopia
Noun
  • Only in a fantasyland could the Knicks have made it so far.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Where Barbie was forced to reconsider Barbieland’s values after paying a visit to the real world, Adam is forced to uphold the real world’s values after being zapped back to a fantasyland whose greatest warriors have been utterly demoralized by their insufficient physical force.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
Definition of fantasyland

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“Dreamland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamland. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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