noun
Meaning 1
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dreamworld
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of dreamland (“ideal but unrealistic fantasy world”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dreamland
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: never-never land, dreamland
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
History
Etymology
From dream + world. Compare West Frisian dreamwrâld (“dreamworld”), Dutch droomwereld, dromenwereld (“dreamworld”), German Traumwelt (“dreamworld”), Danish drømmeverden (“dreamworld”), Swedish drömvärld (“dreamworld”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 梦境 (mèngjìng) — an imaginary world
- Danish: drømmeverden — an imaginary world
- Dutch: droomwereld — an imaginary world
- Finnish: unimaailma — an imaginary world
- Finnish: unten maa — an imaginary world
- Finnish: haavemaailma — an imaginary world
- German: Traumwelt — an imaginary world
- Hungarian: álomvilág — an imaginary world
- Korean: 꿈나라 (kkumnara) — an imaginary world
- Latin: mundus imaginarius — an imaginary world
- Latin: mundus sonialis — an imaginary world
- Norwegian Bokmål: drømmeverden — an imaginary world
- Norwegian Nynorsk: draumeverd — an imaginary world
- Norwegian Nynorsk: draumverd — an imaginary world
- Polish: kraina marzeń — an imaginary world
- Spanish: mundo de los sueños — an imaginary world
- Swedish: drömvärld — an imaginary world
- Turkish: düşler alemi — an imaginary world