Synonyms for dreamy
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dreamlike — as in a dream; resembling a dream
dreamlike, fanciful, unreal, visionary, imaginary, chimerical, illusory, oneiric, dreamish, shadowy, illusive
2. Languid
languid, pensive, languorous, somnolent, lackadaisical, lethargic
Other
sexy, lost, abstracted, absent, mooney
Definitions
- adj. 1
As in a dream; resembling a dream.
- adj. 2
Sexy; handsome; attractive.
I love the doctor in that American TV show: he is so dreamy!
Related words
- Word family
- dreamily dreaminess dreamboat
Example sentences
- unreal I find the concept of Globish restrictive and unreal.
- visionary Will Apple lose its mojo now that its visionary founder is dead?
- fanciful His ideas are often fanciful, but they're always original.
- dreamlike All his ideas had a strong dreamlike component.
- pensive In the window sat a girl with a pensive face.
By length
- 4 letters
- lost1, sexy2
- 6 letters
- absent2, unreal2, mooney2
- 7 letters
- shadowy3, pensive2, languid2, oneiric
- 8 letters
- fanciful3, illusory4, illusive3, dreamish
- 9 letters
- imaginary5, visionary4, lethargic3, dreamlike2, somnolent3
- 10 letters
- abstracted3, languorous, chimerical4
- 13 letters
- lackadaisical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sexy2 = 2 syllables).