dream: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with D · ends with M
Meaning of dream
noun
Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
Example: Last night I had a vividly scary dream about an immortal snail that chased me around and could kill me if it touched me.
- figuratively
A hope or wish.
Example: This year I fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the South Pacific.
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
Example: live in a dream
Listed forms: dreams, dreame.
Source: Wiktionary — dream.
verb
- intransitive
To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
Example: Although people primarily dream during the REM phase of sleeping, they can dream during non-REM sleep as well.
- intransitive
To hope, to wish.
Example: Lucy dreams of becoming a scientist when she grows up.
- intransitive
To daydream.
Example: Stop dreaming and get back to work.
- transitive
To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
Example: I dreamed a vivid dream last night.
Listed forms: dreams, dreaming, dreamed, dreamt, dreame.
Source: Wiktionary — dream.
adj
- not-comparable
Ideal; perfect.
Listed forms: dreame.
Source: Wiktionary — dream.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for dream.
noun
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
noun
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
noun
a cherished desire
noun
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- pipe dream
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dream in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of dream
D(2) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + M(3) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of dream
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from dream
33 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in dream. Showing up to 24, longest first.