প্রিয় পাঠক, What is a Dream নামে তোমাদের English For Today বইয়ে এ অন্তর্ভুক্ত অধ্যায় রয়েছে। আসো, অধ্যায়টির Word Meanings আমরা পড়ে নিই :
What is A Dream – Word Meanings, Synonyms and Antonyms
Word |
Synonyms |
What is A Dream : Activities 1 and 2 |
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1. Dream (noun ) |
fantasy, fancy, vision, hallucination, fallacy |
2. Imagination ( noun) |
fantasy, fancy, visualization, supposition creativity, imaginativeness, creativeness, vision, inspiration, fascination |
3. Nightmare (noun) |
bad dream, night terrors |
4. Reverie ( noun ) |
daydream, fantasy, drowsiness, fancy, hallucination, obliviousness, absent-mindednes |
5. Hallucination (noun) |
delusion, illusion, vision, mirage, fantasy, daydream |
6. Shadowy ( adjective ) |
misty, nebulous, dark, dim, gloomy, murky, shady, shaded, blur sunless |
7. Silvery ( adjective ) |
shining, Argentine |
8. Dreamy (adjective) |
visionary, cursory, daydreaming, imaginary, delusive, impractical |
9. Haunting ( adjective) |
evocative, affecting, moving, touching, soul-stirring, frequenting |
10. Dreamer (noun) |
fantasist, fantasizer, daydreamer, romantic, sentimentalist |
11. Fragments ( noun ) |
piece, bit, particle, speck, chip, shard, sliver, splinter, shaving, paring, snippet, scrap, offcut, flake, shred, tatter, wisp, morsel |
What is A Dream : Activity 3 : 1st Section |
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12. Fascinate ( verb ) |
enthrall, captivate, beguile, bewitch, enrapture, entrance, transfix, mesmerize, hypnotize, spellbind, compel, allure, tempt, entice, tantalize, charm, attract, delight, entertain, amuse |
13. Philosopher (noun) |
thinker, theorist, theorizer, theoretician, philosophizer, metaphysicist, epistemologist, logician, speculator, scholar, intellectual, sage, wise man |
14. Empirical (adjective) |
experimental, pragmatic, observed, seen, factual, actual, real, verifiable, first-hand, experiential |
15. Wonder (noun) |
marvel, admiration, fascination, surprise, astonishment, amazement |
16. Puzzling (adjective, verb) |
perplexing, confusing, vexatious, baffling |
What is A Dream : Activity 3 : 2nd Section |
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17. Vivid (adjective) |
bright, bright-coloured, colourful, brilliant, glowing, radiant, vibrant, strong, bold, deep, intense, warm, flaming, flamboyant, glaring, eye-catching |
18. Vague (adjective) |
indistinct, indefinite, indeterminate, unclear, hazy, cloudy, fuzzy, misty, lacking definition, blurred, blurry, murky, foggy, faint, shadowy, dim, obscure, nebulous, shapeless, formless, unformed, amorphous |
19. Frightening (adjective) |
terrifying, horrifying, alarming, startling, shocking, chilling, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, appalling, disturbing, disconcerting, unnerving, intimidating, daunting, dismaying, upsetting, harrowing, traumatic |
What is A Dream : Activity 3 : 3rd Section |
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20. Purpose (noun) |
motive, motivation, grounds, cause, impetus, occasion, reason, point, basis, justification |
21. Serve (verb) |
work for, perform, obey, attend, distribute |
22. Baffling ( adjective ) |
puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing, confusing, unclear, mysterious, enigmatic, obscure, abstruse, unfathomable, inexplicable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, cryptic, opaque |
23. Consider ( verb ) |
think, contemplate, reflect on, examine, appraise, review, study, ponder, deliberate over, cogitate, meditate on, ruminate |
24. Unraveling (verb) |
untangle, disentangle, straighten out, separate out, unsnarl, unknot, unwind, untwist, untie, unjumble |
25. Exact (adjective) |
precise, accurate, correct, faithful, close, true, veracious, literal, strict, unerring, faultless, errorless, error-free, perfect, impeccable |
What is A Dream : Activity 3 : 4th Section |
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26. Prominent (adjective) |
important, well known, leading, eminent, pre-eminent, distinguished, notable, noteworthy, public, outstanding, foremost, illustrious, celebrated, famous, renowned, acclaimed, famed, honoured, esteemed, respected, influential, prestigious, great, chief, main |
27. Theories ( noun ) |
hypothesis, thesis, conjecture, supposition, speculation, postulation, proposition, premise, surmise, assumption, guess |
What is A Dream : Activity 3 : 5th Section |
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28. Consistent (adjective) |
steady, stable, constant, regular, even, uniform, orderly, unchanging, unvarying, unswerving, undeviating, unwavering, unfluctuating, homogeneous |
29. Psychoanalytic (adjective) |
Not Applicable |
30. Perspective (noun) |
outlook, aspects, view, viewpoint, point of view, standpoint, position, stand, stance, attitude, approach, way of looking, interpretation |
31. Motivation ( noun ) |
inspiration, incentive, stimulus, dictation, stimulation, impulse, inducement, incitement, spur, goad, provocation |
32. Aggressive (adjective) |
hostile, belligerent, bellicose, antagonistic, truculent, pugnacious, combative, violent, confrontational, quarrelsome, argumentative |
33. Instincts ( noun ) |
proneness, propensity, natural tendency, inclination, urge, drive, compulsion, intuition |
34. Repressed (adjective) |
oppressed, subjugated, subdued, tyrannized, afflicted, downtrodden, persecuted, quelled |
What is A Dream : Activity 3 : 6th Section |
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35. According (to) (adjective) |
following, similar |
36. Desire (noun, verb) |
(v.) wish, want, fancy (n.) aspiration, impulse, preference, yearning, longing, craving, hankering, pining, eagerness, enthusiasm, determination, proclivity, predisposition, fancy |
37. Conscious (adjective) |
aware, awake, alert, responsive, reactive, feeling, sentient |
38. Via ( proposition ) |
en route, through, by |
39. Disguised (adjective) |
feigned, camouflaged, concocted, forged, faked incognito, under cover |
40. Fulfillment (noun) |
completion, fullness, completeness, congestion |
What is A Dream : Activity 3 : 7th Section with all its sub-sections |
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41. Contribute ( verb ) |
give, donate, help, subscribe, grant, bestow, present, gift, accord |
42. Path ( noun ) |
way, road, course, route, street, footpath, pathway, track, trail, walkway, passage |
43. Theorist (noun) |
thinker, theorizer, theoretician, philosophizer, metaphysicist, epistemologist, dialectician, logician, speculator, scholar,intellectual, learned person, sage, wise man |
44. Interpretation (noun) |
explanation, illustration, elucidation, expounding, exposition, explication, exegesis, clarification |
45. Generate (verb) |
create, produce, cause, raise, result in, make, initiate, engender, spawn, originate, bring to pass, precipitate |
46. Instead ( adverb ) |
as an alternative, as a substitute, as a replacement, in lieu, alternatively, rather, by contrast, |
47. Cognitive ( adjective ) |
cognitional |
48. Element ( noun ) |
component, constituent, material part, section, portion, piece, segment, bit, factor, feature, facet, ingredient, strand, detail, point |
49. Produce (verb) |
manufacture, make, construct, yield, build, generate, propagate, assemble, create |
50. Stimuli ( noun ) |
stimulus, spur, stimulant, encouragement, impetus, boost, prompt, prod, incentive, inducement, inspiration, motivation, impulse |
51. Content ( noun, verb ) |
subject matter, amount, proportion, quantity, bulk |
52. Metaphor (noun) |
figurative expression, image, trope, allegory, parable, immplied simile, analogy, comparison, symbol, a figure of speech |
53. Clutter ( noun ) |
chaos, disorder, mess, noise, confusion |
54. Function (noun) |
act, deed, purpose, task, use, role, reason, basis, justification |
55. Psychotherapy (noun) |
Mental treatment |