Synonyms: pipe dream, dream
Definition: a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
Usage: I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
Similar words: fantasy, phantasy
Definition: imagination unrestricted by reality
Usage: a schoolgirl fantasy
Synonyms: dream
Definition: a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
Usage: he went about his work as if in a dream
Definition: a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
Usage: I had a dream about you last night
Similar words: mental imagery, imagery, imagination, imaging
Definition: the ability to form mental images of things or events
Usage: he could still hear her in his imagination
Definition: imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
Usage: he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
Similar words: vision, imagination, imaginativeness
Definition: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Usage: popular imagination created a world of demons; imagination reveals what the world could be
Synonyms: dream, ambition, aspiration
Definition: a cherished desire
Usage: his ambition is to own his own business
Similar words: desire
Definition: the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
Synonyms: dream
Definition: someone or something wonderful
Usage: this dessert is a dream
Similar words: ne plus ultra, perfection, flawlessness
Definition: the state of being without a flaw or defect
Synonyms: woolgather, dream, daydream, stargaze
Definition: have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Similar words: envisage, conceive of, ideate, imagine
Definition: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Usage: Can you conceive of him as the president?
Synonyms: dream
Definition: experience while sleeping
Usage: She claims to never dream; He dreamt a strange scene
Similar words: comprehend, perceive
Definition: to become aware of through the senses
Usage: I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon