dreamboat
Plural: dreamboats
Noun
- An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
- Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.
Examples
- My new car is a dreamboat.
- My new fella is such a dreamboat. He can dance, can sing, and is the captain of the school hockey team.
Origin / Etymology
From dream + boat, probably suggesting a person “carrying” or embodying the dreams of another; the term appeared in some 1930s and 1940s love songs, referring to a metaphorical boat carrying a lover’s dreams, such as “When My Dream Boat Comes Home” (1936) written by the Canadian-American bandleader Guy Lombardo (1902–1977) and “Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat” (1941) by the American songwriters Otis (1898–1970) and Leon René (1902–1982), and Emerson Scott.
Synonyms
beaut, beauty, beefcake, bobby-dazzler, bona omi, chick magnet, chicken, crumpet, dimber cove, dish, dreamboat, eye candy, good looker, himbo, hottie, hunk, lady-killer, looker, lulu, man-meat, peach, pretty boy, rizzler, sex on a stick, sex on legs, smoke show, spunk, stud, stud muffin, stunna, stunner, superhunk, twink
Antonyms
beautiful person
Scrabble Score: 14
dreamboat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddreamboat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dreamboat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary