dreamworld

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noun

An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

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dreamlandnever-never land
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Meanings

noundreamworld (plural dreamworlds)

plural dreamworlds · alternative dream-world · alternative dream world

  1. An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

    At midnight they left the air-conditioned dream-world and entered the oven of the street.

    1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 358
  2. Synonym of dreamland (“ideal but unrealistic fantasy world”).

    Synonyms: dreamland

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of dreamland (“ideal but unrealistic fantasy world”).

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dreamland

More synonyms by meaning

nouna pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination

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never-never landdreamland
Broader
imaginary placemythical placefictitious place
Also see
dreamlandfairylandneverland

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dream + world. Compare West Frisian dreamwrâld (“dreamworld”), Dutch droomwereld, dromenwereld (“dreamworld”), German Traumwelt (“dreamworld”), Danish drømmeverden (“dreamworld”), Swedish drömvärld (“dreamworld”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 梦境
  • 梦境 (mèngjìng)an imaginary world
Danish drømmeverden
  • drømmeverdenan imaginary world
Dutch droomwereld
  • droomwereldan imaginary world
Finnish unimaailma, unten maa
  • unimaailmaan imaginary world
  • unten maaan imaginary world
  • haavemaailmaan imaginary world
German Traumwelt
  • Traumweltan imaginary world
Hungarian álomvilág
  • álomvilágan imaginary world
Korean 꿈나라
  • 꿈나라 (kkumnara)an imaginary world
Latin mundus imaginarius, mundus sonialis
  • mundus imaginariusan imaginary world
  • mundus sonialisan imaginary world
Norwegian Bokmål drømmeverden
  • drømmeverdenan imaginary world
Polish kraina marzeń
  • kraina marzeńan imaginary world
Spanish mundo de los sueños
  • mundo de los sueñosan imaginary world
Swedish drömvärld
  • drömvärldan imaginary world
Turkish düşler alemi
  • düşler alemian imaginary world
Cite this entry
APA

dreamworld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamworld

MLA

“dreamworld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamworld. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreamworld,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamworld.

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