daydreamlike

adjective

Definition of daydreamlikenext
as in surreal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamlike
  1. surreal
  2. illusory
  3. deceptive
  4. fictional
  5. hallucinatory
  6. fictitious
  7. imaginary
  8. fanciful
Adjective
  • KoKo’s Earth Control (1928) Imaginative, sassy, surreal and nonlinear characterize films from the Fleischer Studios, which battled the Walt Disney Co. for animation supremacy during the 1920s and ’30s, with their competing styles delighting audiences and leading to many technical advancements.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Matthieu’s garments while at the house were imaginative and surreal without being too on the nose.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • Matt Angle, a Texas Democratic operative active in several congressional campaigns and other races dating back more than three decades, said much of the Republican gains in South Texas are illusory.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The Sun in your 1st House of the Self is shying away from illusory Neptune in your 7th House of Interdependence, which can create all sorts of confusion with the important people in your life.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of illusory
Adjective
  • Lilly has sent cease-and-desist letters to numerous compounding sellers, and both companies have filed lawsuits against numerous compounding pharmacies, alleging trademark infringement and deceptive marketing.
    Bob Woods, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, but: Brandi Tuck, executive director of the nonprofit Path Home, has been working with homeless families for nearly two decades and says those numbers are likely deceptive undercounts.
    Kale Williams, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of deceptive
Adjective
  • The 40-year-old Canadian actor, who saw earlier success on the CBS medical drama Code Black, eventually found his home on the Netflix series, which follows relationships, drama and romance in Virgin River, a fictional small town in Northern California.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This reps Knox’s first appearance in a fictional television series.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of fictional
Adjective
  • In the hallucinatory new scenes, the connection between Lee and Allerton goes to places the earthbound book could never take it.
    Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
  • My insomnia and the strange sky at dawn melded together to create a hallucinatory experience: the lights were moving, disappearing, ebbing, flowing.
    Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of hallucinatory
Adjective
  • Advertisement Now, roughly six months later, prosecutors in Ventura County are alleging Boyer attempted to register various fictitious felines to vote in the months preceding the November election.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, others say Hollywood has become inhospitable to Israelis, even fictitious ones.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of fictitious
Adjective
  • Then, as the game clock ticked closer to zero, Young dribbled the clock out, blew in his hand and rolled imaginary die on the massive Knicks’ midcourse logo.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The outdoor areas –in addition to providing the energetic kids room to run, play and even pedal tricycles around imaginary tracks — are essential parts of the learning experience and development of motor skills.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of imaginary
Adjective
  • Some of the many fanciful gingerbread buildings that arose there were supposedly designed by the scandalously famous architect Stanford White and bore a resemblance to the Hotel del Coronado, which opened the same year.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Judging by editors’ reactions to the trays and trays of fanciful baubles that filled the fashion closet for a recent street style shoot, these bits and bobs are here to stay.
    Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of fanciful
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