pipe dream

Speech parts

1. pipe dream - Noun

2. pipe dream - Phrase

Meaning

a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

pipe-dream

Synonyms

dream mirage chimera daydream phantasy chimaera hope wish fantasy bubble illusion ambition dreaming fancy aspiration
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Antonyms

reality actuality golden ticket dream come true fair shake fair chance
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Hypernyms

phantasy fantasy

Examples

Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology. Andrew S. Tanenbaum

To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It's irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. The lie of a pipe dream is what gives life to the whole misbegotten mad lot of us, drunk or sober. Eugene O'Neill

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited. Olivia Thirlby

Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to start the new millennium, our objective of halving world poverty by 2015 will be only a pipe dream. Kofi Annan

I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe Source: Internet

After this passes, it's a pipe dream of mine that we are able to get out from under China's influence and become less dependent on them. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

pipe dream

Close letter words and terms

pipe descaler pipe dope pipe down pipe dreaming pipe expander pipe fitter