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, 13 July 2026

So many players go into a World Cup wide-eyed, full of hopes and dreams, and leave it a few weeks later feeling utterly crushed. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 July 2026

At this point, consolation is the enemy of championship dreams. — Miami Herald, 12 July 2026

The nurturing Moon in your 12th House of Solitude conjoins sudden Uranus there, so flashes of insight may surface in dreams, meditation, or a quiet shower. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2026

Escaping with an extra-time quarterfinal victory 2-1 over Norway at the World Cup to keep their dreams alive of a second tournament title. — Russell Lewis, NPR, 11 July 2026

The deadline for a female gymnast’s Olympic dreams used to be 16 years old, Ohashi was told. — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

By his sophomore season, his dreams began to come to fruition. — Latif Love july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

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

Verb

The director was also adamant in bringing a fresh concept to the classic story of the puppet who dreams of becoming a boy. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 June 2026

Sodais dreams about being a teacher one day and starting a family with Weeda. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

Every footballer dreams of competing at the elite level and for great clubs. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

The piece — which Ono has staged more than 250 times in 35-plus countries — draws on a Japanese tradition at Buddhist temples that invites visitors to scribble their hopes and dreams onto paper tags and tie them to the branches of a tree. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

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

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