Meanings
plural dreamboats
- datedhumorousinformalAn exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
My new fella is such a dreamboat. He can dance, can sing, and is the captain of the school hockey team.
Synonyms: hottie, hunk, looker, stunner, beefcake, bona omi, Chad, chicken · Antonyms: biffer, boner-shrinker, bonerkiller, buttface, choad, frump, minger, monkey
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
Origin
From dream + boat, probably suggesting a person “carrying” or embodying the dreams of another; the term appeared in some 1930s and 1940s love songs, referring to a metaphorical boat carrying a lover’s dreams, such as “When My Dream Boat Comes Home” (1936) written by the Canadian-American bandleader Guy Lombardo (1902–1977) and “Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat” (1941) by the American songwriters Otis (1898–1970) and Leon René (1902–1982), and Emerson Scott.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 夢中情人 /梦中情人, 夢中人 /梦中人
- 夢中情人 /梦中情人 (mèngzhōng qíngrén)exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
- 夢中人 /梦中人 (mèngzhōngrén)exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
French apollon, beau gosse
- apollonexceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
- beau gosseexceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
- canonexceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
- femme de rêve(s) (mes/tes/...)exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
- homme de rêve(s) (mes/tes/...)exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
- prince charmantexceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
German Traummann
- Traummannexceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
Japanese ドリームボート
- ドリームボート (dorīmubōdo)exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
Russian красавчик
- красавчик (krasavčik)exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
Spanish bombón
- bombónexceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dreamboat
All rhymes →Cite this entry
dreamboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamboat
“dreamboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamboat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreamboat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamboat.
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