DREAMS Synonyms: 160 Similar and Opposite Words

dreams 1 of 2

noun

plural of dream

as in visions

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality his invention is only a dream right now, but someday it might be a reality

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as in goals

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish my dream is to open my own restaurant

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as in beauties

something very good of its kind the Alaskan cruise exceeded their wildest expectations—it was a dream of a vacation

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dreams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dream

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific

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Recent Examples of dreams

Noun

McGehean says this emphasis on working well together is the only way to achieve dreams. — Jessica Bryant, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Despite those signals, whether or not the catastrophe becomes a wake-up call for Himalayan nations with big infrastructure dreams remains an open question. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 The Atlanta native is excited to carry his dreams and the family name forward. — Pj Green august 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Decisions like leaving her family’s farm in Eastern Tennessee to pursue her dreams in Nashville, and parting with her musical partner Porter Wagoner. — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 At the Miraval Slumber Party, guests explore their sleep patterns and dreams, then are guided through acupressure exercises, stretching, and meditations with singing bowls. — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026 To now bring fans a brand-new mystery from that world is quite simply beyond my wildest dreams. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026 This goes back to February this year, and the Grammys, a night where his dreams came true. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026

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Hailing from humble beginnings in Greenwood, South Carolina, his experiences with football have always been centered around doing the impossible – dreams his father put in his head at an early age. — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026 These rumors were never substantiated—but Harry did reference his mother’s California dreams in the 2022 Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, per PopSugar. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026 Casino dreams in limbo Tribal citizens are deeply divided over how to reverse decades of economic decline that have led to poor living conditions, unaffordable health services, and chronic disease. — Andrew Jones, NPR, 30 July 2026 Training camp starts in two weeks, when the focus will shift to Caleb Williams and Super Bowl dreams. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 17 July 2026 The director was also adamant in bringing a fresh concept to the classic story of the puppet who dreams of becoming a boy. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 June 2026 Sodais dreams about being a teacher one day and starting a family with Weeda. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 Every footballer dreams of competing at the elite level and for great clubs. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 The piece — which Ono has staged more than 250 times in 35-plus countries — draws on a Japanese tradition at Buddhist temples that invites visitors to scribble their hopes and dreams onto paper tags and tie them to the branches of a tree. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreams

Noun

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have contrasting visions for the region and beyond, including Libya, Sudan, and Yemen.

— Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
The 20th century in particular abounded in such visions, some of which—The Handmaid’s Tale, or Brave New World, published in 1932 and getting spookier every day—have proved more prophetic than others.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of visions

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Boise’s City Council on Tuesday denied an appeal from the Cathedral of the Rockies seeking to pave a parking area adjacent to its North End church, dealing a blow to an application that pit arguments of religious freedom against municipal goals.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026
One of the goals behind the Lele pop-up for Uditi, who grew up in Caserta, outside of Naples, was to highlight the cuisine of his native Campania.

— Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of goals

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Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Angelonia varieties such as Angelface are daring vertical beauties that adore sunshine.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of beauties

Verb

Switzerland imagines Highsmith as a recluse in the Alps, closely guarding a cache of weapons and secrets after a lifetime spent writing mysteries.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
The Komlós conjecture imagines each person (or object) as an arrow of length 1 called a unit vector.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of imagines

Noun

Those hopes are long gone, but a good month would do wonders for Toronto’s wild-card hopes.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Another novel where the author explores how to cultivate the mind, body, home, and social circle in order to propagate creativity, and wonders what happens when any or all elements become fallow or diseased.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of wonders

Verb

After a period of over-the-limit warming, the new strategy envisions getting back below the limit by ending fossil fuel use and developing some kind of way to suck industries' carbon dioxide out of the air.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
The gentle track sees John reflect on parenthood and envisions watching his son grow up.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

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