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- [dreem-land]
- /ˈdrimˌlænd/
- /ˈdriːmlænd/
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- [dreem-land]
- /ˈdrimˌlænd/
Definitions of dreamland word
- noun dreamland a pleasant, lovely land that exists only in dreams or the imagination; the region of reverie. 1
- noun dreamland a state of sleep. 1
- noun dreamland Sleep regarded as a world of dreams. 1
- noun dreamland sleep 1
- noun dreamland fantasy world 1
- singular noun dreamland If you describe a place as a dreamland, you mean that it is so beautiful it is hard to believe that it is real. 0
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Origin of dreamland
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35; dream + land
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Parts of speech for Dreamland
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dreamland popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dreamland usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dreamland
noun dreamland
- slumber — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- utopia — an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- shangri-la — an imaginary paradise on earth, especially a remote and exotic utopia.
- seventh heaven — (especially in Islam and the cabala) the highest heaven, where God and the most exalted angels dwell.
- never-never land — an unreal, imaginary, or ideal state, condition, place, etc.
Antonyms for dreamland
noun dreamland
- real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.
- wakefulness — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
Top questions with dreamland
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- what is dreamland?
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- dr who dreamland?
- when does dreamland margate open?
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