dream house

noun

One's ideal house or home.

“Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" By Eric Hodgins, William Steig”

Similar

Meanings

noundream house (plural dream houses)

plural dream houses · alternative dreamhouse

  1. One's ideal house or home.

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" By Eric Hodgins, William Steig

    Synonyms: dream home

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dream, house.

    Sometimes the dream house was situated on top of a hill, so she was looking down on the road. Other times the dream house was located down the slope of the hill, so she was looking up.

    2012, Robert Moss, Dreaming the Soul Back Home

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne's ideal house or home.

Similar
Also see

Translations

Danish drømmehus
  • drømmehusan ideal house
Dutch droomhuis
  • droomhuisan ideal house
Finnish unelmatalo
  • unelmataloan ideal house
Norwegian Bokmål drømmehus
  • drømmehusan ideal house
Cite this entry
APA

dream house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dream%20house

MLA

“dream house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dream%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dream house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dream%20house.

Source: dream house on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.