Synonyms of dreams

dreams 1 of 2

noun

plural of dream

1

as in visions

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality

his invention is only a dream right now, but someday it might be a reality

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in goals

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

my dream is to open my own restaurant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• goals
• plans
• purposes
• ambitions
• intentions
• ideas
• aims
• objectives
• intents
• objects
• aspirations
• things
• ideals
• meanings
• pretensions
• targets
• designs
• hopes
• points
• projects
• ends
• desires
• bournes
• wishes
• marks
• minds
• schemes
• plots
• destinations
• holy grails
• grails
• nirvanas
• termini

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• means
• methods
• ways

3

as in beauties

something very good of its kind

the Alaskan cruise exceeded their wildest expectations—it was a dream of a vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beauties
• wonders
• marvels
• peaches
• sweethearts
• hot stuff
• daisies
• gems
• humdingers
• dillies
• doozies
• sensations
• beauts
• rippers
• phenomena
• jewels
• snorters
• pips
• pippins
• dandies
• standouts
• honeys
• corkers
• prodigies
• ripsnorters
• hummers
• crackerjacks
• lulus
• knockouts
• nifties
• lollapaloozas
• bee's knees
• sockdolagers
• jim-dandies
• treasures
• diamonds
• pearls
• crown jewels
• plums
• catches
• imperials

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappointments
• failures
• losers
• lemons
• turkeys
• flops
• busts
• duds
• letdowns
• stinkers

dreams

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dream

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of

I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dreams

Noun

Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams. —Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 8 June 2026

My husband, inspired by the radio dramas of his childhood, planned the trek with dreams of celebrating, if not re-creating, history. —The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Gershon’s Corky, lithe and tattooed, ended up being the stuff of butch lesbian dreams — which apparently held true offscreen as much as on. —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 8 June 2026

For Suarez and the students following behind him, Tailwinds Academy is proof that with the right opportunity, big dreams can take off. —Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 8 June 2026

Kima is a dreamer with a passion for dance, but her dreams constantly clash with her critical mother’s expectations. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026

Emigrating from Greece to pursue their professional basketball dreams in the United States, the Antetokounmpo brothers have made a name for themselves in the league. —Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026

Diarios de Fútbol explores how the passion for the game transcends the field to become a powerful force that connects generations, identities and dreams. —Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Best friends since Train Hostess Academy, their dreams of seeing America in style grow more stagnant with each shift at budget travel service Stank Rail. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026

Verb

Massachusetts-born, Robinson will be playing on home soil in front of friends, family and national team fanatics, an honor every player dreams of but only very few get. —Jim Sciutto, CNN Money, 8 June 2026

This kid just hit the biggest home run of his life — a moment every athlete dreams about — and the umps toss him? —Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026

Now compare that to a couple where one partner dreams of a life of travelling and adventure, while the other desperately wants rootedness and proximity to family. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Zulfi is an iconoclast and a hustler, a man who dreams of opening a Muslims-only version of Uber and who, even in the face of Shah’s elitism and English society’s broader wariness, holds onto an unshakable optimism. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026

The Un Certain Regard best actor award went to Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset for his turn in Rafiki Fariala’s Congo Boy, playing a teen talent in the Central African Republic who dreams of a career in music as a civil war tears his country apart. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

These include Cobb Vanth, a marshal of a small settlement, and Bo-Katan, a Mandalorian leader who dreams of wielding the Darksaber and retaking their home planet of Mandalore. —Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026

Corvette, particularly, feels outside of it all, as a woman who dreams of being a designer herself but is currently squatting in a closed fast food chicken shop and being haunted by a boulder of debt (like, literally). —ABC News, 20 May 2026

Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 May 2026