a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; I had a dream about you last night
[ Syn: dreaming ]
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
[ Syn: dreaming ]
a cherished desire; his ambition is to own his own business
[ Syn: ambition , aspiration ]
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
[ Syn: pipe dream ]
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; he went about his work as if in a dream'
someone or something wonderful; this dessert is a dream'
dream (n.)
have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
[ Syn: daydream , woolgather , stargaze ]
experience while sleeping; She claims to never dream; He dreamt a strange scene'