dreamland
/ˈdriːmland
/noun
1 [mass noun] Sleep regarded as a world of dreams: she tries to lull herself into dreamland...
- The sounds of the waves lapping against the pilings would quickly lull Lily to dreamland, especially since she hadn't slept well the night before.
- Don't depend on diversions like TV to lull you into dreamland, either.
- Within seconds, she'd fallen asleep, almost as if the hum of the coffee grinder had lulled her into dreamland.
Synonyms
sleep, slumber, land of Nod
2An imagined and unrealistically ideal world: a digital dreamland where you’ll pay bills with a click of the mouse...
- It's a utopian dreamland for those opposed to mobile phone masts.
- It was a gorgeous set; it looked like an enchanted dreamland at the romantic edge of a golden heaven.
- ‘He was living in a dreamland and at last he has woken up to the true state of the British economy,’ said shadow chancellor George Osborne.
Synonyms
the land of make-believe, never-never land, fairyland, world of fantasy, cloud cuckoo land;
paradise, (the Garden of) Eden, Utopia, heaven, seventh heaven, Shangri-La