American dream

noun

often capitalized D

: an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity

also : the prosperity or life that is the realization of this ideal

Synonyms

• good life

Examples of American dream in a Sentence

with the acquisition of a big house in the suburbs, they felt as though the American dream had indeed become a reality for them

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above