Dream synonyms

desire

A strong wish or craving

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reverie

A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream

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nightmare

A frightening dream, often accompanied by a sensation of oppression and helplessness

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hallucination

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.

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apparition

The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

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castle in Spain

Mental pictures

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trance

A condition of great mental concentration or abstraction, esp. one induced by religious fervor or mysticism

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daydream

A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

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visualize

To engage in psychological visualization with regard to something such as pain or a body process.

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chimera

An imaginary monster made up of grotesquely disparate parts.

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dream-life

The world of the dream state of consciousness taken as a reality.

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ambition

(Countable) An object of an ardent desire.

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goal

A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

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hope (related)

(Uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

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have nightmares

To have visions, usually during sleep or fever

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aspiration

The thing so desired

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image

(Computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (see disk image, executable image and image copy)

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flight-of-fancy

(Idiomatic) An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc. which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.

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castle in the air

An imaginary scheme not likely to be realized; daydream

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fantasy

(Literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and fictive medieval technology.

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talk-through-one-s-hat

(Idiomatic) To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.

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mirage

An optical illusion in which the image of a distant object, as a ship or an oasis, is made to appear nearby, floating in air, inverted, etc.: it is caused by the refraction of light rays from the object through layers of air having different densities as the result of unequal temperature distributions

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truth (antonym)

Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.

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indulge in reveries

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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will-o'-the-wisp

Any hope or goal that leads one on but is impossible to reach

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languid

Sluggish; dull; slow

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imagine

To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy or believe:

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stargaze

To daydream.

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believe

To have an opinion; think:

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envisage

To consider or regard in a certain way.

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ideal

A person or thing regarded as fulfilling this conception; perfect model

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vision

The mystical experience of seeing something that is not in fact present to the eye or is supernatural.

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specter

Any object of fear or dread

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wraith

A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.

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reach-for-the-stars

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bubble

A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas:

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search for the rainbow's end

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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impression

Impression is defined as to leave an imprint on something or to influence something or someone.

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build-castles-in-the-air

(Idiomatic) To imagine visionary projects or schemes; to daydream; to have an idle fancy, a pipe dream or any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be realized.

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hallucinate

To undergo hallucination.

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incubus

An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.

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fancy

(UK) would like

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be up in the clouds

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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think of

To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.

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absentminded

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fantastic

Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

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oneiric

Of, relating to, or suggestive of dreams.

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veridical

True.

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phantasm

A deceptive likeness

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substance (antonym)

Substantiality; solidity; firmness.

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aspire

To aspire is defined as to desire something or to work toward a goal that you strongly want to reach.

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dreaming

An instance of dreaming; a dream or reverie.

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longing (related)

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pipe dream

A fantastic notion or vain hope.

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fantasize

To portray in the mind; imagine.

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conjure-up

(Idiomatic) To generate (an image or an idea) in one's mind.

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let one's mind wander

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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moony

Moonlit.

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phantasmagoria

A constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements.

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have notions

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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fantasia

A traditional festival with exhibitions of horsemanship among the Maghrebi Berbers.

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see in a vision

To have visions, usually during sleep or fever

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suppose

To imagine; conjecture.

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illusion (related)

The definition of an illusion is an idea or something you can see that isn’t real.

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lost

Beyond recovery or redemption; fallen or destroyed:

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vagary

Vagary is an odd, unexpected action.

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realization (antonym)

A transformation of non-monetary assets into cash; a transaction such as a property sale that impacts upon the taxpayer’s wealth to the extent that it may trigger the imposition of an income tax. If the tax is, in fact, imposed, the transaction is said to be recognized. See also recognition.

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dream of (related)

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dreamer (related)

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fairytale (related)

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idea

A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]

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air castle

Mental pictures

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be delirious

To have visions, usually during sleep or fever

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have flashes

To have visions, usually during sleep or fever

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create

To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.

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dreamy

Having a pleasant or romantic atmosphere

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seek (related)

To inquire for; request:

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romance

Excitement, love, and adventure of the kind found in such literature; romantic quality or spirit

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picture

To imagine or envision.

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wild conceit

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conceive

To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.

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moon

(Colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest

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idealize

To regard or show as perfect or more nearly perfect than is true

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be on cloud nine

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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go woolgathering

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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look for the pot of gold

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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consider

The definition of consider is to decide, keep in mind, or believe as true.

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reality (antonym)

A real entity, event or other fact.

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verity (antonym)

Something, such as a statement or principle, that is true, especially an enduring truth.

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thought (related)

A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

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purpose (related)

Something one intends to get or do; intention; aim

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abstracted

Not engaged with what is going on around one; withdrawn or preoccupied.

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chimerical

Absurd; impossible

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impractical

Incapable of dealing efficiently with practical matters, especially finances.

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preoccupied

The definition of preoccupied is someone who is busy with or engaged in something.

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surreal

Having an oddly dreamlike quality.

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utopian

Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia

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visionary

Seeing or disposed to see visions

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revery

Alternative spelling of reverie.

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expectation

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wish

To order, entreat, or request:

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existence (antonym)

Specific presence; occurrence:

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figment

The definition of a figment is something imagined.

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rainbow

An illusion, mirage

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muse

To say (something) with due consideration or thought.

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woolgather

To engage in idle or aimless daydreaming, speculation, etc.

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set-one-s-heart-on

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real (related)

(Mathematics) A real number.

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love (related)

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dreams (related)

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soul (related)

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come-true (related)

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premonition (related)

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evidence of the unconscious

Mental pictures

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build castles in Spain

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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blow bubbles

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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actuality (antonym)

The quality of being actual or factual; fact

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fact (antonym)

Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed:

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certainty (antonym)

The fact, quality, or state of being certain, especially:

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fiction

Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

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phantasma

Alternative form of phantasm.

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fantasque

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cloud-cuckoo-land

Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land.

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assume (related)

To make a supposition; suppose or believe:

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be moonstruck

To entertain or delude oneself with imagined things

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