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

Similar Words: pipe dream, dreaming, ambition, aspiration, daydream, woolgather, stargaze

See Also: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct

Hyponyms: nightmare, wet dream, reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain, woolgathering, American Dream, emulation, nationalism

Entailments: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's

Part Meronyms: sleeping

Derivational Morphology: daydream, woolgather, stargaze, draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for, ambition, lotus-eater, stargazer, daydreamer, woolgatherer, woolgathering, reverie, revery, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain, dreaming, idealist, dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker

Anagrams: derma, armed