dreamlike

adjective

UK /ˈdriːm.laɪk/

US /ˈdriːm.laɪk/

Something that is dreamlike feels like a dream and is strange and unreal.

The fog made the forest look dreamlike and mysterious.

SYNONYMS

surreal unreal fantastic visionary otherworldly

RELATED WORDS

dreamy ethereal hallucinatory ghostly imaginary

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Having a soft, hazy quality that seems not quite real.

The old photographs had a dreamlike softness.

3. Strange in a way that feels like a dream rather than real life.

Walking through the empty city at night felt dreamlike.

4. Beautiful in a way that seems too perfect to be real.

The ballet dancer moved with dreamlike grace.