dream

Examples

• All

• She described her new home as a dream come true, perfectly suited to her needs.

• You are a dream for me to meet.

• Man, this is a dream show for me.

  Theater Camp (2023)

• Running a bar in the sun is the classic British dream.

  All of Us Strangers (2023)

• I've got a date with the girl of my dreams, only she doesn't know it's me...

  Fiction book (1994)

• Her body was like a dream, long and lush and tanned as golden as a peach.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The vacation to the tropical island was a dream for everyone involved.

• Winning the championship was the dream every player aspired to achieve.

Synonyms

D

dreamboat

vsdream

• Archaic

9 7.4

A very attractive person that others want romantically

is gender-neutral, applying to any person or thing desirable

D

dreamgirl

vsdream

• Informal

1 5.1

A girl or woman someone thinks is perfect and very attractive

is gender-neutral, applying to any person or thing desirable

Antonyms

N

nightmare

• Informal

640 3.5

A very unpleasant situation that causes a lot of worry and trouble

Idioms

A

a dream come true

46 2.7

A thing you wanted for a long time that finally happens

L

like a dream

• Informal

46 4.9

Very well and smoothly, as if perfect

F

to follow your dream

18 3.4

To try to reach a personal goal despite problems

L

to live the dream

• Informal

16 4.2

To have the life you always wanted after hard work

Compounds

A

American Dream

103 3.9

The idea that anyone in the United States can become successful through hard work

T

the American Dream

• US

96 3.1

An idea that anyone in the US can become successful by working hard

P

pipe dream

• Informal

23 6.8

A hope or plan that is not likely to happen

L

lifelong dream

14 3.4

A goal someone wants for most of their life

I

impossible dream

4 6.8

A hope for something you cannot achieve

S

shattered dream

2 4.6

A hope or plan for the future that is no longer possible

W

wet dream

• Offensive

2 8.1

A sexual dream during sleep that makes a boy or man release semen

W

wet dream

• Slang

1 8.8

An unrealistic hope that is not likely to happen

D

dim and distant dream

• Literature

7.2

A hope that seems unlikely to come true

D

dream trance

• Archaic

8.4

A type of dance music with soft, melodic sounds popular in the late 1990s

A

Amerikkkan dream

• NSFW

9.9

A view that the American dream hides racism and unfair treatment of some groups

M

manic pixie dream girl

• Offensive

9.9

A woman in a story who is quirky, free and lively and inspires a man to enjoy life

How Desirable

perfection

97 3.7

dream

• Informal

334 2.7

treasure

676 1.1

delight

184 1.2

to pleasure

3 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology