dreamboat
noun
dream·boat
ˈdrēm-ˌbōt 
slang
: one that is highly desirable
especially
: a very attractive person
Synonyms
Examples of dreamboat in a Sentence
an actor who's still regarded as one of the screen's all-time great dreamboats
Recent Examples on the Web
The wealthy dreamboat quickly became a fan favorite and proposed to Jen Schefft in the finale.
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Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
Of the more fortunate girls, the queen bee is Lucia (Carlotta Gamba), the Institute’s first violin, who is skilled if not especially inspired in her playing, and has an eye on escape via her courtship with wealthy dreamboat Cristiano (Vincenzo Crea).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
What makes Newman-Redford so singular is that neither actor served as the dreamboat or the goofball.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
But Extraction 2's Chris Hemsworth emerged victorious from the toughest fight: This poll category packed with dreamboats.
—Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
Men who introduce themselves with off-color jokes, like young Matty (Toby Wallace, a standout in Babyteeth, once again excellent at being an off-putting dirtbag from some angles and a dreamboat from others), turn out to be great fun in the light of day.
—Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
Wedding 3 coming out, how about a tour through John Corbett’s other role as a dreamboat partner?
—James Grebey, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
Tana may carry the film’s finale, but its epiphanies are modest, its incidents — a run-in with a traffic cop, a breath of romance with a Dallas dreamboat — taken casually in stride, part of a larger whole that spans real-life portraiture and quoted Mary Oliver poetry.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 July 2023
He will likely never be seen as a serious actor, but there are worse things than being a classic American dreamboat.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 20 June 2023
Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
Of the more fortunate girls, the queen bee is Lucia (Carlotta Gamba), the Institute’s first violin, who is skilled if not especially inspired in her playing, and has an eye on escape via her courtship with wealthy dreamboat Cristiano (Vincenzo Crea).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
What makes Newman-Redford so singular is that neither actor served as the dreamboat or the goofball.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
But Extraction 2's Chris Hemsworth emerged victorious from the toughest fight: This poll category packed with dreamboats.
—Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
Men who introduce themselves with off-color jokes, like young Matty (Toby Wallace, a standout in Babyteeth, once again excellent at being an off-putting dirtbag from some angles and a dreamboat from others), turn out to be great fun in the light of day.
—Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
Wedding 3 coming out, how about a tour through John Corbett’s other role as a dreamboat partner?
—James Grebey, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
Tana may carry the film’s finale, but its epiphanies are modest, its incidents — a run-in with a traffic cop, a breath of romance with a Dallas dreamboat — taken casually in stride, part of a larger whole that spans real-life portraiture and quoted Mary Oliver poetry.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 July 2023
He will likely never be seen as a serious actor, but there are worse things than being a classic American dreamboat.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 20 June 2023
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“Dreamboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreamboat. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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