stargaze

verb

Definition of stargazenext
as in to daydream

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Recent Examples of stargaze At Sal Salis Ningaloo, stay in safari-style eco-tents nestled in the dunes where the outback reaches the ocean, and stargaze far from urban light pollution. — Stuart Rigg, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026 The setting on the winery, with a fire going in the firepit, was the perfect way to stargaze. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 July 2026 See dinosaur bones at Flaming Cliffs, ride Mongolian horses across the steppe, stargaze with the on-property astronomer and stay in the luxurious Three Camel Lodge. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 This is expected to be one of the darkest and best weeks for stargazing all month. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stargaze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stargaze
  1. daydream
  2. dream
  3. visualize
  4. fantasize
  5. vision
  6. envision
Verb
  • On November 1, season four of The Gilded Age will premiere, and all over again, audiences will daydream about residing in ornate Beaux-Arts mansions along Fifth Avenue.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The one Hero Tree that Elrod can’t say too much about is the Dreaming Tree that Walt Disney used to daydream under as a boy growing up in his hometown of Marceline, Missouri.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Definition of daydream
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  • For now, the evolutionary history of dreaming remains tantalizingly unfinished.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
  • What could somebody who wasn’t even meant to be in this world yet possibly be dreaming about?
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of dream
Verb
  • Throughout the early 1960s, under the direction of Noyes, IBM was busily visualizing the coming information age, seeking to give computers a cultural form that would be legible to the public.
    — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • All of this happens within the same thin, flexible material, without needing individual pressure-sensing points or a separate display to visualize the contact, which is the project's main innovation.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of visualize
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  • Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Massi is the first to leave, fantasizing about walking off with Joy; then Kat.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of fantasize
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  • Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.
    — Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.
    — Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
Definition of vision
Verb
  • On Friday, the government submitted a 106-page plan for the arch that envisions a massive structure more than 12 stories high that includes a huge bronze statue of Lady Liberty with wings and carrying a torch with an eternal flame.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Chase has previously explained that Amy had long envisioned eventually returning to the area where she was born and raised.
    — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of envision

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“Stargaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stargaze. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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