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plural of dream
Synonyms & Antonyms of dreams
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
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 for dreams
- chimeras,
- conceits,
- daydreams,
- delusions,
- fancies,
- fantasies
- (also phantasies),
- figments,
- hallucinations,
- illusions,
- nonentities,
- phantasms
- (also fantasms),
- pipe dreams,
- unrealities,
- visions
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2
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
- my dream is to open my own restaurant
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3
something very good of its kind
- the Alaskan cruise exceeded their wildest expectations—it was a dream of a vacation
Synonyms for dreams
- beauties,
- beauts,
- bee's knees,
- corkers,
- crackerjacks
- (also crackajacks),
- daisies,
- dandies,
- dillies,
- doozies
- (or doozers),
- honeys,
- hot stuff,
- humdingers,
- hummers,
- jim-dandies,
- knockouts,
- lollapaloozas,
- lulus
- [slang],
- nifties,
- peaches,
- pippins,
- pips,
- rippers,
- ripsnorters,
- snorters,
- sockdolagers
- (or sockdologers),
- standouts,
- sweethearts
Words Related to dreams
- marvels,
- phenomena
- (or phenomenons),
- prodigies,
- sensations,
- wonders
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dreams
verb
present tense third-person singular of dream
Synonyms of dreams (Entry 2 of 2)
to form a mental picture of
- I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific
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“Dreams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreams. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.
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