Meaning of PIPE-DREAM
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[n] a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" |
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PIPE-DREAM is a 10 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | dream |
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| | See Also: | | fantasy, phantasy | |
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| | Related Terms: | | absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, airy hope, airy nothing, autism, bad dream, be absent, bemusement, brown study, bubble, castle-building, chimera, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, deception, deluded belief, delusion, depth of thought, dereism, divagate, dream, dream of, dream vision, dreaming, dreamland, dreamworld, engrossment, false belief, fantasy, fantasying, fit of abstraction, freak out, go woolgathering, golden dream, ignis fatuus, illusion, incubus, misbelief, misconception, moon, mooning, moonraking, muse, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, nightmare, pipe-dreaming, preoccupation, quixotic ideal, reverie, self-deceit, self-deception, self-delusion, stargaze, stargazing, stray, study, trance, trick, trip, unreal hope, utopia, vapor, vision, Walter Mitty, wander, woolgathering, wrong impression |
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