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dreamworld

dreamworld

2 6.6
An imagined perfect place that exists only in dreams
  • noun
  • /ˈdriːmˌwɜːrld/
translation icon : mundo de sueños
  • The children played in their dreamworld, inventing adventures that only they could imagine.

Examples

  • Now, they're living in an insane dreamworld.

  • "I will lead you into the dreamworld of Expo '58.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Eric, most folks are living in a dreamworld when it comes to Peak Oil.

    Blog text (20)
  • We then turn to the story of Rose, who is on a mysterious all-expenses-paid trip to England and is dreaming of the Dreamworld.

    Blog text (9)
  • It's not all fluffy bunnies and celebrity fantasies in the dreamworld.

    Blog text (32)
  • In "Low-lands," Dennis retreats into a dreamworld of the sea, escaping from expected heterosexual responsibility to his childhood identification of the sea and mother.

    Academic text (2000)
  • His mind was still half-trapped in his dreamworld, a wonderful place where there was a gigantic swimming pool, and he was a lifeguard and all the women swam naked.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And in those subterrainian meeting places that you don't believe in, the German's dreamworld comes alive... -...and he takes his place in shining armor beneath the banners of the knights.

  • Stewart McClaren clearly loved the dreamworld shadows; his photographs caressed the illusions until they became full-blown deceptions.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • In her novels, she often creates a vibrant dreamworld where anything is possible.

Synonyms

wonderland
vsdreamworld
77 5.0

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

differs by insisting the place exists only in the imagination or dreams
fantasy world
vsdreamworld
21 4.4

An imagined place in your mind with magic and strange creatures

narrows this to an idealized, often unattainable place seen in dreams
dreamland
vsdreamworld
13 5.1

A pleasant imaginary place you visit in sleep or imagination

emphasizes an idealized and often unattainable place rather than just pleasant dreams
fairyland
vsdreamworld
  • Literature
7 5.5

A beautiful imaginary place in stories where small magical creatures live

is broader, stressing ideal perfection rather than specific magical inhabitants
dreamscape
vsdreamworld
5 7.7

A scene that feels like being in a dream

is more about an ideal perfect place than merely surreal imagery
fantasyland
vsdreamworld
3 6.1

An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical

focuses specifically on an ideal place that exists only in dreams
never-never land
vsdreamworld
  • Literature
2 8.8

A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams

matches closely but adds the sense of being specifically dreamlike and idealized
otherworld
vsdreamworld
  • Literature
2 9.9

A place beyond the living world where spirits live

differs by focusing on ideal, unattainable perfection rather than spiritual otherness
world of dreams
vsdreamworld
1 6.3

A place in your mind where you imagine things

highlights the idea of an idealized, often unreachable place within those dreams
Slumberland
vsdreamworld
  • Literature
1 8.0

An imaginary land of dreams in stories and books

is less tied to stories and more to the idea of an ideal dream place
fantasy realm
vsdreamworld
1 5.8

A made-up world with magic and creatures like dragons and wizards

focuses more on being an ideal or perfect place within dream experience
Neverland
vsdreamworld
  • Informal
1 8.6

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

is broader, centering on an ideal perfect place rather than childish escape
never-never world
vsdreamworld
  • Literature
9.9

An imagined place or state not connected to real life

is similar but emphasizes perfection and existence only in sleeping imagination
phantasy world
vsdreamworld
  • Archaic
9.1

An imagined place someone believes is real

adds the idea that the imagined place is ideal and often unreachable in dreams
imaginary place
vsdreamworld
  • Literature
6.1

A place that exists only in your mind, often in stories

is narrower, highlighting an idealized, often perfect version of such places

Antonyms

1.4

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

1 7.2

A state of being ordinary and not interesting

How Imaginary

utopia
18 7.7
dreamworld
2 6.6
imaginary place
  • Literature
6.1

Surface Forms

dreamworld singular
dreamworlds plural

Morphology

dreamworld = dream + world (transparent) = dream + world

Formed by straightforward compounding of 'dream' + 'world' meaning 'a world of dreams or imagination', which learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Dreamworld combines dream ('a picture or wish in your mind') and world ('a place or the life around you'). So a dreamworld is an imaginary, often perfect place you only find in dreams or in your head, and saying someone lives in a dreamworld means they are not facing real life.