dreamland

Examples

• All

• Friends of mine who knew the place told me, before I left, that I was heading to a "dreamland," "a fantasy."

  Academic text (2008)

• You're living in dreamland, you hear me?

  Ruby (1992)

• You thought you could escape fear by running away to dreamland.

  The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)

• The world went away when you entered Dreamland, and there was nothing but light, music, and people everywhere.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Or are you happier up there in dreamland?

  Fiction book (1998)

• Ruth didn't care: everything was fine with her in Dreamland.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Just as Sammy was about to nod off into dreamland, he heard a deep, rumbling, visceral sound from C.R.'s side of the room.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Her breaths began a drifting rhythm, ebbing breakers on a dreamland shore.

  Fiction book (1990)

• As a little girl, I couldn't wait to fall asleep so I could enter dreamland.

• The world went away when you entered dreamland, and there was nothing but light, music, and people everywhere.

Synonyms

W

wonderland

vsdreamland

77 5.0

A place full of beauty and magic that feels like a dream

is limited to places that exist only in dreams or imagination

D

dreamscape

vsdreamland

5 7.7

A scene that feels like being in a dream

is a full delightful place rather than a single dreamlike scene

F

fantasyland

vsdreamland

3 6.1

An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical

is a dreamy pleasant place without implying complete magical perfection

D

dreamworld

vsdreamland

2 6.6

An imagined perfect place that exists only in dreams

is a delightful imaginary place without implying perfect unattainability

N

never-never land

vsdreamland

• Literature

2 8.8

A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams

is a delightful imagined place not necessarily unreachable or idealized

S

Slumberland

vsdreamland

• Literature

1 8.0

An imaginary land of dreams in stories and books

is a general delightful imaginary place rather than a named story location

W

world of dreams

vsdreamland

1 6.3

A place in your mind where you imagine things

is a pleasant imagined place rather than a broad unreal realm

N

Neverland

vsdreamland

• Informal

1 8.6

An imaginary place where a person avoids real life and adult duties

is a pleasant imaginary place not tied to escaping adulthood

L

lotus land

vsdreamland

• Literature

9.9

A peaceful place like a dream where people relax and forget their problems

is a charming imaginary place without strong escapist indulgence implication

Antonyms

R

reality

∞ 1.4

The way things really are, not how we imagine or wish

M

mundanity

1 7.2

A state of being ordinary and not interesting

How Imaginary

utopia

18 7.7

dreamland

13 5.1

imaginary place

• Literature

6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology