verb: dream; 3rd person present: dreams; past tense: dreamed; past participle: dreamed; past tense: dreamt; past participle: dreamt; gerund or present participle: dreaming.
a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal.
"I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion"
synonyms: ambition, aspiration, hope; More
goal, aim, objective, grail, intention, intent, target;
desire, wish, yearning;
daydream, fantasy, pipe dream
"he realized his childhood dream"
experience dreams during sleep.
"I dreamed about her last night"
synonyms: daydream, be in a trance, be lost in thought, be preoccupied, be abstracted, stare into space, muse, be in la-la land
"she's always dreaming".
indulge in daydreams or fantasies, typically about something greatly desired.
"she had dreamed of a trip to Italy"
synonyms: fantasize about, daydream about; wish for, hope for, long for, yearn for, hanker after, set one's heart on; aspire to, aim for, set one's sights on
"I dreamt of making the Olympic team".
a person or thing perceived as wonderful or perfect.
"her new man's an absolute dream"
synonyms: delight, joy, marvel, wonder, gem, treasure; beauty, vision
"he's an absolute dream".
a state of mind in which someone is or seems to be unaware of their immediate surroundings.
"he had been walking around in a dream all day"
synonyms: daydream, reverie, trance, daze, stupor, haze
"she went around in a dream"
noun: dream; plural noun: dreams
A dream is a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
"I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights"
synonyms: REM sleep; More
nightmare;
vision, fantasy, hallucination
"I awoke from my dreams"
contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case.
"I wouldn't dream of foisting myself on you"
synonyms: think, consider, contemplate, conceive
"I wouldn't dream of being late".
an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy.
"maybe he could get a job and earn some money—but he knew this was just a dream".
see, hear, or feel (something) in a dream.
"maybe you dreamed it"
synonyms: have a dream, have a nightmare
"she dreamed about her own funeral".
Dreaming