dream

(noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep. Synonyms: dreaming. Example: "I had a dream about you last night."

(noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake. Synonyms: dreaming. Example: "He lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality."

(noun) a cherished desire. Synonyms: ambition, aspiration. Example: "His ambition is to own his own business."

(noun) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe). Synonyms: pipe dream. Example: "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe."

(noun) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality. Example: "He went about his work as if in a dream."

(noun) someone or something wonderful. Example: "This dessert is a dream."

(verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. Synonyms: daydream, woolgather, stargaze.

(verb) experience while sleeping. Examples: "She claims to never dream." "He dreamt a strange scene."