English dictionary

dream

/dr/i/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

noun.cognition

Examples
I had a dream about you last night.

Synonyms dreaming

Source: WordNet 3.0
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

noun.cognition

Examples
He lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a cherished desire

noun.feeling

Synonyms ambition aspiration

Source: WordNet 3.0
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

noun.cognition

Examples
I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe.

Synonyms pipe dream

Source: WordNet 3.0
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality

noun.cognition

Examples
He went about his work as if in a dream.

Source: WordNet 3.0
someone or something wonderful

noun.state

Examples
This dessert is a dream.

Source: WordNet 3.0
The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

noun

Source: webster1913

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

verb.creation

Synonyms daydream stargaze woolgather

Source: WordNet 3.0
experience while sleeping

verb.perception

Examples
She claims to never dream.

He dreamt a strange scene.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with <i>of</i>; as, to <i>dream</i> of a battle, or of an absent friend.

verb

Source: webster1913
To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

verb

Source: webster1913