daydream

pronunciation

How to pronounce daydream in British English: UK [ˈdeɪdri:m] word uk audio image

How to pronounce daydream in American English: US [ˈdeˌdrim] word us audio image

Noun:

absent-minded dreaming while awake
Verb:

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake

Word Origin

daydream (n.): 1680s, from day + dream (n.). As a verb, attested from 1820. Related: Daydreamer; daydreaming.

Synonym

n.

hallucination of musing dream phantasma vision the fantasy phantasm fiction visualization mirage figment fantasm imagination pipe

n.

dream fancy imagining in Spain imagination air reverie castle of crotchet the flight notion

v.

phantasy fantasize hallucinate dream stargaze imagine

Example

1. Now he returns to this daydream and changes his life .

2. There 's plenty of time to daydream outside the office .

3. But it is no daydream that you are already having a welcome impact on several fronts .

4. I don 't want to daydream now . I believe my hard work will bring me everything

5. You may love your friend , but you don 't fantasize or daydream about him or her .

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