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100 Best Synonyms for “Dream”

March 18, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. aim a purpose or intention
2. air castle an unrealistic plan or hope
3. ambition a strong desire to achieve something
4. anticipation expecting something with excitement
5. aspiration a cherished aim or ambition
6. blue-sky idea a very imaginative idea
7. calling a strong inner purpose
8. castle in the air an unrealistic plan or hope
9. cherished hope a deeply valued hope
10. cherished wish a deeply valued wish
11. chimera an impossible or fanciful idea
12. concept an abstract idea
13. conception an idea formed in the mind
14. daydream a pleasant idle fantasy
15. delusion a false belief held firmly
16. desire a strong feeling of wanting
17. dreaming experiencing images while asleep
18. expectation a belief something will happen
19. fancy a whimsical idea or notion
20. fantasy an imagined scenario or desire
21. figment something imagined, not real
22. flight of fancy a whimsical imagined idea
23. fond hope a cherished hope
24. forecast a prediction of what will happen
25. future hope a hope for the future
26. future vision a picture of the future
27. goal an intended result or achievement
28. grand plan an ambitious intended scheme
29. guiding aim an aim that directs effort
30. guiding goal a goal that directs effort
31. guiding hope a hope that motivates action
32. guiding ideal an ideal that guides behavior
33. guiding purpose a purpose that directs actions
34. guiding vision a vision that directs actions
35. hallucination a perception without external stimulus
36. heart’s desire one’s deepest wish
37. hope a feeling of expectation and desire
38. hunch an intuitive feeling or guess
39. hypnagogia imagery while falling asleep
40. hypnopompia imagery while waking up
41. idea a thought or concept
42. ideal a perfect standard or model
43. idealism belief in ideals over reality
44. illusion a misleading or false belief
45. imagination the ability to form mental images
46. inkling a slight suspicion or idea
47. intuition a direct sense without reasoning
48. life goal a major personal aim
49. life plan a plan for one’s future
50. life vision a picture of one’s future
51. longing a deep, persistent desire
52. mental image an image in the mind
53. mental picture an image formed in the mind
54. mind’s eye inner vision or imagination
55. mirage a deceptive or illusory hope
56. mission a strongly felt purpose
57. night fantasy a fantasy experienced while asleep
58. night illusion an illusion experienced in sleep
59. night image a mental image seen in sleep
60. night scene a scene experienced in sleep
61. night vision a vivid image while asleep
62. nightmare a frightening dream
63. nocturnal vision a vision occurring during sleep
64. notion an idea or belief
65. objective a specific goal or target
66. oneiric experience an experience occurring in sleep
67. oneiric fantasy a fantasy experienced in sleep
68. oneiric image a sleep-related mental image
69. oneiric narrative a narrative experienced in sleep
70. oneiric scene a scene experienced in sleep
71. oneiric vision a vision relating to sleep
72. possibility something that may happen
73. prediction a statement about the future
74. premonition a feeling of future events
75. presentiment a feeling something will happen
76. private fantasy a personal imagined scenario
77. private vision a personal imagined future
78. projection an estimate or imagined outcome
79. prophecy a prediction, often inspired
80. prospect a likely future possibility
81. purpose a reason for doing something
82. quest a long search for something
83. reverie a pleasant daydreaming state
84. scenario an imagined sequence of events
85. scheme a plan or idea to do
86. secret hope a private hope
87. secret wish a private desire
88. sleep fantasy an imagined scene during sleep
89. sleep illusion an illusory scene during sleep
90. sleep vision a vision experienced during sleep
91. sleeping vision a vision seen while asleep
92. thought an idea in the mind
93. trance a dreamlike mental state
94. utopia an imagined perfect society
95. vision a vivid mental picture of the future
96. visionary idea a bold imagined future plan
97. vocation a strong sense of purpose
98. wish a desire for something to happen
99. wishful thinking belief based on desire, not fact
100. yearning an intense longing for something
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