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, 1 June 2026

Samuel's mother, Nishae Samuel, previously described her son as cheerful and outgoing, with dreams of starting his own clothing line. —CBS News, 1 June 2026

California really is, for some, a land of easy dreams. —Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 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

The psychological drama follows Paramvir Singh Cheema and Verma as two ambitious men navigating cutthroat worlds to achieve their dreams in acting and real estate, respectively. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 May 2026

Salmeron hopes her story helps inspire others to pursue their dreams — and to keep their eyes out for support in potentially unexpected places. —Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026

For all the negative coverage, aesthetic arguments about climbing styles, the controversies and disasters, Everest continues to be at the heart of so many dreams and ambitions — even for old hands, like Cotter. —Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026

They were all headed for college with big dreams, of working in healthcare or science or, in Bonez’s case, in a mortuary. —Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026

Verb

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

The story follows Spensa Nightshade, a determined pilot who dreams of joining the fighter corps to defend humanity and redeem her disgraced father’s legacy. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 May 2026

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