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Synonyms: Noun
chimera, conceit, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision
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I drifted off in a daydream during the class. hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydreamVerb
Instead of studying, he spent the afternoon daydreaming about his vacation.
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Torres found Jessica haunting her daydreams and realized she wasn’t finished with the character after all. — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, "Gina Torres on ‘Suits,’ Meghan Markle and ‘Pearson’," 12 July 2019 Now, with his daydream about to become reality, Cauley-Stein has no regrets about taking less money. — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, "Why Willie Cauley-Stein took less money to sign with Warriors," 9 July 2019 Our Travel Favorites for Amsterdam Minimal Femme Sneaker needle supply company needsupply.com $325.00 SHOP IT These are the crisp white sneakers of my minimalist daydreams. — Jaimie Potters, Marie Claire, "Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore in Amsterdam," 29 May 2019 The day, which goes horribly, ends up being a daydream. — Lauren Huff, EW.com, "Watch Christy Carlson Romano reunite with Even Stevens costars to reenact classic episode," 18 July 2019 President Trump jolted markets out of their pleasant spring daydream with two tweets threatening to boost tariffs on $200 billion of imports from China, and slap new duties on another $325 billion. — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "Growth Is Great, What Could Go Wrong? Trade.," 6 May 2019 And any suggestion that the Celtics could do this without giving up Jayson Tatum sounds an awful lot like those green-tinted daydreams 11 years ago that Ainge could acquire Kevin Garnett without parting with Al Jefferson. — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, "Celtics should go all in for Anthony Davis," 14 June 2019 With its dark walls, round hanging lights, and velvet bar stools, posh European daydreams come alive when the sun goes down. — Jaimie Potters, Marie Claire, "Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore in Amsterdam," 29 May 2019 The idea that such a move would alter Raul Castro’s Cubans-for-hire racket is a daydream. — Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, "Baseball Teams Up With Castro," 30 Dec. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The loft where friends daydreamed about the future. — oregonlive.com, "The childhood home is where the heart is," 4 Aug. 2019 Because all of us at one point were, like, watching from the lawn right there, just daydreaming about someday being on some kind of stage somewhere. — Ed Masley, azcentral, "Jimmy Eat World pushes local bands in raucous homecoming show with Third Eye Blind," 1 Aug. 2019 This could manifest in having a breakthrough solution to a problem on a walk or a great business idea reveal itself while daydreaming. — Sophia Gottfried, Time, "Niksen Is the Dutch Lifestyle Concept of Doing Nothing—And You're About to See It Everywhere," 12 July 2019 If a trip to Crawford isn't in the cards right now, take a virtual tour and get ready to daydream of shiplap-and-barn-door paradise. — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, "Crawford, TX "Little Shack on the Prairie" from Season 4 Fixer Upper Finale Hits Market for $400,000," 19 June 2019 In the throes of writing and daydreaming about the perfect nom de plume, my illustrations were also coming to life. — Haley Moss, Teen Vogue, "Telling My High School Class That I'm Autistic Is the Best Thing I've Ever Done," 12 Apr. 2019 The pen name daydreams about the book stopped, too. — Haley Moss, Teen Vogue, "Telling My High School Class That I'm Autistic Is the Best Thing I've Ever Done," 12 Apr. 2019 Beer aficionados will daydream about sitting outdoors at one of the city’s infamous craft breweries on a warm day with a cold beer. — Jessica Levy, USA TODAY, "6 reasons you’re going to love the outdoors in Asheville, North Carolina," 30 Apr. 2018 Royal daydreaming aside, the main point of Markle's entry was to empower women and celebrate the achievements of Al-Senussi, not gush over castles and crowns. — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, "Meghan Markle Wrote About Wanting to Be a Princess in 2014," 12 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'daydream.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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