dreamboat

noun

dream·​boat ˈdrēm-ˌbōt How to pronounce dreamboat (audio)
slang
: one that is highly desirable
especially : a very attractive person

Examples of dreamboat in a Sentence

an actor who's still regarded as one of the screen's all-time great dreamboats
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Other guests include Sergey’s girlfriend and Josh’s judgy friend Kat (Megan Suri) and the hopelessly devoted to each other Eli (Harvey Guillén), a lovable open-hearted guy, and Patrick (Lukas Gage), a dreamboat. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025 The tabloid details of the split—Bündchen and her new martial-artist paramour knock dreamboat quarterback down a few pegs and ruin his rep—provided too much material to the sharklike comics trawling for chum. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025 The romcom dreamboat of yore has been replaced by a diabolical presence eager to send us all to hell. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 For these past Sexiest Man Alive title holders, that uniform is a movie or TV costume that turns him from everyday hottie into an onscreen dreamboat. Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dreamboat

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dreamboat was in 1941

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“Dreamboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreamboat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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