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(deɪdriːm) also day-dream
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense daydreams, present participle daydreaming, past tense, past participle daydreamed
1. verb
If you daydream, you think about pleasant things for a period of time, usually about things that you would like to happen.
Do you work hard for success rather than daydream about it? [VERB + about]
He daydreams of being a famous journalist. [VERB + of]
I am inclined to daydream. [VERB]
Synonyms: fantasize, dream, imagine, envision More Synonyms of daydream
2. countable noun
A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
He escaped into daydreams of beautiful women.
The idea for the story came to him in a daydream.
Synonyms: fantasy, dream, imagining, fancy More Synonyms of daydream

daydream in British English

(ˈdeɪˌdriːm)
noun
1. 
a pleasant dreamlike fantasy indulged in while awake; idle reverie
2. 
a pleasant scheme or wish that is unlikely to be fulfilled; pipe dream
verb
3. (intransitive)
to have daydreams; indulge in idle fantasy
Derived forms
daydreamer (ˈdayˌdreamer)
noun
daydreamy (ˈdayˌdreamy)
adjective

daydream in American English

(ˈdeɪˌdrim)
noun
1. 
a pleasant, dreamlike thinking or wishing; reverie
2. 
a pleasing but visionary notion or scheme
verb intransitive
3. 
to have daydreams
Derived forms
daydreamer (ˈdayˌdreamer)
noun

Examples of 'daydream' in a sentence
daydream

Instead of daydreaming about longed-for changes in family life, you find a way to make them happen.
The Sun (2016)
So perhaps it is not surprising that lawyers daydream about an exciting career change.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Why is this just a daydream instead of reality?
The Sun (2014)
Do preparation instead of just daydreaming about success.
The Sun (2014)
What seems like just a daydream of sporting success can become winning action.
The Sun (2008)
But you could be surprised when a daydream about love turns real.
The Sun (2008)
What has just been a daydream of working differently could turn into a reality.
The Sun (2007)
Instead of daydreaming about the life you want, you make practical plans.
The Sun (2008)
You daydream about this person - now you get the chance to talk.
The Sun (2016)
Instead of just daydreaming about changes, you take the first step towards making them real.
The Sun (2013)
Instead of daydreaming about turning a favourite pastime into a career, you can make it happen.
The Sun (2010)
Instead of daydreaming about changes, you have the power to make them.
The Sun (2012)
Instead of daydreaming about changes, you are ready and able to make them.
The Sun (2012)
In fact, she looked more interested in daydreaming about the colour she might dye her hair next.
The Sun (2008)
I spend quite a lot of time daydreaming.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
By the time the interim came to an end, we struggled with too much daydreaming and time wasting.
Christianity Today (2000)
Instead of just daydreaming about setting up your own business, you can take the first vital step today.
The Sun (2012)
They may just be daydreaming.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Instead of letting your secret ambition be just a comfortable daydream you're ready to show the world what you can do.
The Sun (2011)
You are ready to work on secret ambitions instead of just daydreaming about them andyou have both the energy and luck needed to make things happen.
The Sun (2011)
The headlines I had been daydreaming about were becoming real.
Sidney Sheldon The Other Side of Me
I find myself daydreaming about this person, imagining that he wants me.
The Sun (2010)
It's easy to just daydream about the life you want but today you can take the first step towardsit by getting all the facts.
The Sun (2011)

In other languages
daydream

British English: daydream VERB
If you daydream, you think about pleasant things for a period of time, usually about things that you would like to happen.
Do you work hard for success rather than daydream about it?
  • American English: daydream
  • Brazilian Portuguese: devanear
  • Chinese: 做白日梦
  • European Spanish: soñar despierto
  • French: rêver
  • German: mit offenen Augen träumen
  • Italian: sognare a occhi aperti
  • Japanese: 空想にふける
  • Korean: 백일몽을 꾸다
  • European Portuguese: devanear
  • Latin American Spanish: soñar despierto
British English: daydream NOUN
A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
He escaped into daydreams of beautiful women.
  • American English: daydream
  • Brazilian Portuguese: devaneio
  • Chinese: 幻想
  • European Spanish: ensueño
  • French: rêverie
  • German: Tagtraum
  • Italian: sogno a occhi aperti
  • Japanese: 白昼夢
  • Korean: 백일몽
  • European Portuguese: devaneio
  • Latin American Spanish: ensueño

Chinese translation of 'daydream'

daydream

(ˈdeɪdriːm)

vi

  1. 做白日梦(夢) (zuò báirìmèng)

n (c)

  1. 白日梦(夢) (báirìmèng)
(noun) 
Definition
a pleasant fantasy indulged in while awake
She perpetually drifted off into daydreams and made up fantasy stories in her head.
Synonyms
fantasy
Everyone's had a fantasy about winning the lottery.
dream
My dream is to have a house in the country.
imagining
fancy
His book is a bold surrealist mixture of fact and fancy.
reverie
The voice brought him out of his reverie.
figment of the imagination
wish
pipe dream
The plan is nothing more than a pipe dream.
fond hope
castle in the air or in Spain
(verb) 
Definition
to indulge in idle fantasy
He daydreams of being a famous journalist.
Synonyms
fantasize
I fantasized about writing music.
dream
She spent most of her time looking out of the window and dreaming.
imagine
Looking back, I think I must have imagined the whole thing.
envision
trying to envision the outcome of his actions
stargaze

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dream
Definition
a goal or aim
My dream is to have a house in the country.
Synonyms
ambition,
wish,
fantasy,
plan,
hope,
goal,
design,
aim,
desire,
objective,
aspiration,
Holy Grail (informal),
pipe dream
in the sense of dream
Definition
to indulge in daydreams
She spent most of her time looking out of the window and dreaming.
Synonyms
daydream,
be preoccupied,
stare into space,
be in a trance,
be lost in thought,
be in cloud-cuckoo-land,
stargaze,
be in a reverie,
build castles in the air or in Spain
in the sense of envision
trying to envision the outcome of his actions
Synonyms
conceive of,
expect,
imagine,
predict,
anticipate,
see,
contemplate,
envisage,
foresee,
visualize

Nearby words of
daydream

  • day off
  • day-to-day
  • daybreak
  • daydream
  • daydreamer
  • daylight
  • daytime

Synonyms of 'daydream'

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