Definition for Pipe dream:

• a fantastic but vain hope ( from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); " I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

Synonyms for Pipe dream:

• adj.

  •deceptive (adjective)
  • illusory.

• n.

  •
  • bubble,
  • hope,
  • illusion,
  • vision,
  • rainbow,
  • castle in the air,
  • chimera,
  • fantasy.
  •castle in the air (noun)
  • castle in the sky,
  • air castle.
  •cognition (noun)
  • dream.
  •pipe dream (noun)
  • dream.
  •reverie (noun)
  • castle-building,
  • absentmindedness.
  •unrealistic hope (noun)
  • golden dream,
  • false hope,
  • wishful thinking,
  • chimera,
  • fantasy,
  • daydream,
  • airy hope,
  • fool's paradise,
  • fantastic notion,
  • castle in the air,
  • unreal hope,
  • air castle,
  • castle in the sky.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • castle in the air.
  •
  • rainbow,
  • trip,
  • fantasy,
  • chimera.
  •
  • illusion,
  • bubble.
  •confuse
  • bemuse.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bubble,
  • illusion,
  • fool's paradise,
  • self-deceit,
  • trick,
  • divagate,
  • absentmindedness,
  • false belief,
  • wander,
  • Phantasma,
  • chimera,
  • false hope,
  • self-deception,
  • daydreamer,
  • reverie,
  • preoccupation,
  • dream vision,
  • hope,
  • bad dream,
  • dream,
  • Ignis Fatuus,
  • Misbelief,
  • abstractedness,
  • stargazing,
  • fantasying,
  • bemuse,
  • castle in the sky,
  • trip,
  • illusory,
  • woolgathering,
  • trance,
  • nightmare,
  • deception,
  • golden dream,
  • fantastic notion,
  • brown study,
  • stargaze,
  • abstraction,
  • autism,
  • study,
  • stray,
  • utopia,
  • unreal hope,
  • vision,
  • freak out,
  • rainbow,
  • Mooning,
  • dream of,
  • bemusement,
  • moon,
  • castle-building,
  • dreamland,
  • air castle,
  • daydreaming,
  • incubus,
  • fanciful,
  • castle in the air,
  • misconception,
  • pipe,
  • airy hopes,
  • wishful thinking,
  • engrossment,
  • pipe-dreaming,
  • absorption,
  • musing,
  • daydream,
  • delusion,
  • vapour,
  • muse,
  • vapor,
  • dreamworld,
  • fantasy,
  • quixotic ideal,
  • Self-delusion,
  • dreaming,
  • ponder,
  • be absent,
  • fancy,
  • airy hope.

Antonyms for Pipe dream:

• n.

  • unrealistic hope
    reality.