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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
pipe dream (noun) an illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
pipe dream (noun)a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
SYNONYMS:
chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, figment, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm ( fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, visionRELATED WORDS:
ignis fatuus, mirage, will-o'-the-wisp; brainchild, idea; concoction, fable, fabrication, fiction, invention; envisaging, imaging, visualization; cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudland, Shangri-la, utopia; daymare, nightmareNEAR ANTONYMS:
actuality, fact, realityPipe Dream (Wikipedia)
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Pipe dream, a phrase describing a wild or unattainable plan, may refer to:
Pipe Dream (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From pipe + dream, referring to the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe. Compare Old English pīpdrēam (“the sound or music of a pipe”), which is formed identically but has a different meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪp driːm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪp ˌdrim/
Noun
pipe dream (plural pipe dreams)
- (idiomatic, originally US) A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is
Imagination, vision, mirage, hallucination, reverie, figment, dream, fancy, phantasm, apparition, mirage, pipe dream