dream
noun
1. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- I had a dream about you last night
Similar word(s): dreaming
Definition categories: thought, imagery, imagination, imaging
2. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
Similar word(s): dreaming
Definition categories: thought, imagination, imaginativeness, vision
3. a cherished desire
Similar word(s): ambition, aspiration
Definition categories: feeling, desire
4. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
Definition categories: thought, fantasy, phantasy
5. a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
- he went about his work as if in a dream
Definition categories: thought, reverie, revery
6. someone or something wonderful
- this dessert is a dream
Definition categories: state, flawlessness, perfection
Sentences with dream as a noun:
- a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth
verb
1. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Similar word(s): daydream, stargaze, woolgather
Definition categories: creation, envisage, ideate, imagine
2. experience while sleeping
- She claims to never dream
- He dreamt a strange scene
Definition categories: perception, comprehend, perceive
Sentences with dream as a verb:
- Stop dreaming and get back to work.
- I dreamed a vivid dream last night.
- I wouldn't dream of snubbing you in public.