DAYDREAM Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈdā-ˌdrēm

Definition of daydream

as in dream

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream

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Recent Examples of daydream

Noun

The next day, Luwi had a similar daydream, but this time the disapproving patriarch was Gajdusek. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026

Verb

Living a normal life as Adam Glenn, he is stuck in a boring office job, while daydreaming of fantasy and faraway lands. — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 James’ novelist wife, Lizzie (Katherine Parkinson), is still daydreaming about Freddie. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for daydream

Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydream

Noun

Sequenced at the center of a three-track medley, its death-dream logic deliberately evokes the SMiLE era’s dark, confusing edge.

— Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
In a bucket hat and without a care in the world, Murray speaks kindly but candidly about making his buddy Coyne’s TV dream come true.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of dream

Noun

Some opening day effects are long gone, such as the illusion created by actual shifting doors at the start of the attraction, or visions of tumbling rubble near its beginning.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Growing up in Wyoming’s rugged realities left no illusion that humans are solely in control.

— Amelia Rose Barlow, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of illusion

Verb

Initially, Fedorets envisions cubesat tech demo missions, which would pave the way for mid-sized missions that could collect samples.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
But his exemplary work both in the pass and run game Sunday made the notion of a future with Willis easier to envision.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of envision

Noun

What began as an industry of light and illusion had, by the 1940s, become a machinery of control—an empire built on fantasy, running on fear.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
Released to critical acclaim in 2022, the role-playing game from Japanese publisher Bandai Namco is set in a dark fantasy world and allows players to head off on adventures within vast environments and dungeons.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fantasy

Verb

Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.

— Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.

— Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020

Definition of vision

Verb

All of this happens within the same thin, flexible material, without needing individual pressure-sensing points or a separate display to visualize the contact, which is the project's main innovation.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
During practice Thursday, the Magic walked through what Sweeney wants to see on the floor and also watched film from opening night that helped the players visualize what went wrong.

— Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of visualize

Verb

Beirut City Pop, the latest compilation by archival label Habibi Funk, tells the story of the artists who dared to imagine a life beyond war.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
For one thing, imagine an election campaign fought on populist policies such as raising welfare grants and public sector hiring sprees.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of imagine

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