💖 Ideal woman 🌙 Girl in dreams

dreamgirl

1 5.1

A girl or woman someone thinks is perfect and very attractive

noun
/ˈdriːmɡɜːrl/

Informal

: chica ideal

Well, just because your dreamgirl's here doesn't mean...

Examples

Crane could see every golden hair of the peach fuzz over his dreamgirl's creamy skin.

Fiction book (1999)
I’ve begun to lose count, but his new experience entitled Highschool DreamGirl is instantly in my Top 5.

Blog text (28)
In his imagination, she was always the perfect dreamgirl he longed for.
Many young men fantasize about finding their dreamgirl who embodies their ideal partner.
He described her as his dreamgirl, the woman he had always wished to meet.

Synonyms

dreamboat

vsdreamgirl

Archaic

9 7.4

A very attractive person that others want romantically

is about an idealized woman in fantasy rather than general romantic attractiveness

demigoddess

vsdreamgirl

Informal

8.8

A very admired woman who people treat as if she has great beauty or talent

is about an idealized woman in fantasy rather than literal divine status

Antonyms

nightmare

404 1.5

A very frightening dream that wakes you and makes you afraid

unattractive

37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

How Ideal

goddess

280 4.4

Miss Right

Informal

3 6.7

dreamgirl

Informal

1 5.1

Surface Forms

dreamgirl singular

dreamgirls plural

Morphology

dreamgirl = dream + girl (transparent) = dream + girl

The compound combines 'dream' (used metaphorically as 'ideal') and 'girl' in a common productive pattern (e.g., 'dream home'), so learners can derive the sense 'ideal woman'.

Etymology

Dreamgirl joins the words dream and girl, so imagine someone 'from your dreams' — a perfect woman you really want. That's why a dreamgirl means a very desirable or ideal partner.