dreamland

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noun

An imaginary world experienced while dreaming.

“Near-synonyms: neverland, never-never land”

Similar
dreamworlddreamscapeslumberlandcloudlandneverlandnever-never landfantasy landfairyland
OriginEnglish land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land →
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Meanings

dreamland1

noundreamland (countable and uncountable, plural dreamlands)

plural dreamlands

  1. countableuncountableAn imaginary world experienced while dreaming.

    Near-synonyms: neverland, never-never land

    1 more example

    “Child of earth,” she said, ”dost think we are here in dreamland?” ¶ He answered nothing, and she said, “This is no dream. […]”

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1

    Synonyms: dreamworld, dreamscape, slumberland, cloudland, neverland, never-never land

  2. countableuncountableAn imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.

    Near-synonyms: neverland, never-never land

    1 more example

    Those long legs of McTominay sensed where the ball would land, and carried him there first to crack a half-volley past Arrizabalaga and send Scotland into dreamland.

    28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald

    Synonyms: dreamworld, fantasy land, fairyland, cloudland, neverland, never-never land

Dreamland2

proper noun
  1. slangThe Area 51 military base in Nevada, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn imaginary world experienced while dreaming.

Similar
dreamworlddreamscapeslumberlandcloudlandneverlandnever-never land

nounAn imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.

Similar
dreamworldfantasy landfairylandcloudlandneverlandnever-never land

More synonyms by meaning

nouna pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination

Similar
never-never landdreamworld
Broader
imaginary placemythical placefictitious place
Also see
area 51dreamworldfairylandneverland

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrewgʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*draumaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*draum
  4. Old Englishdrēam
  5. Middle Englishdrem
  6. Englishdream
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*landą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*land
  10. Old Englishland
  11. Middle Englishlond
  12. Englishland
  13. Englishdreamland

From dream + -land.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 夢鄉 /梦乡, 夢境 /梦境
  • 夢鄉 /梦乡 (mèngxiāng)imaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • 夢境 /梦境 (mèngjìng)imaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • 睡鄉 /睡乡 (shuìxiāng)imaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • 幻境 (huànjìng)imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
Danish drømmeland, drømmeland
  • drømmelandimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • drømmelandimagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
Dutch dromenland
  • dromenlandimaginary world experienced while dreaming
Esperanto revolando
  • revolandoimaginary world experienced while dreaming
Finnish unten maa, unelmien maa
  • unten maaimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • unelmien maaimagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
French pays de rêve, pays imaginaire
  • pays de rêveimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • pays imaginaireimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • monde imaginaireimagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
  • paradisimagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
German Traumland
  • Traumlandimaginary world experienced while dreaming
Hungarian álomország, álomvilág
  • álomországimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • álomvilágimaginary world experienced while dreaming
Korean 꿈나라, 몽환계
  • 꿈나라 (kkumnara)imaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • 몽환계 (monghwan'gye)imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
  • 몽환경 (monghwan'gyeong)imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
Latin terra sonalis
  • terra sonalisimaginary world experienced while dreaming
Norwegian Bokmål drømmeland, drømmeland
  • drømmelandimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • drømmelandimagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
Polish kraina marzeń, kraina marzeń
  • kraina marzeńimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • kraina marzeńimagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic
Russian ска́зочная страна́, мир грёз
  • ска́зочная страна́ (skázočnaja straná)imaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • мир грёз (mir grjoz)imaginary world experienced while dreaming
Spanish país de los sueños
  • país de los sueñosimaginary world experienced while dreaming
Turkish düşler alemi, düşler ülkesi
  • düşler alemiimaginary world experienced while dreaming
  • düşler ülkesiimagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“dreamland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreamland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamland.

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