dream
Nocturnal mental theater
A dream is a series of thoughts and images experienced by sleepers, sometimes recalled in narrative form on awakening.
When you dream you have this experience.
By extension, and building on the sometimes-hopeful aspect of this, a dream is a vague plan or wish for the future.
Figuratively, when you dream of something, you long to do it, even though it might be unrealistic.
A person or situation characterized as a dream is extremely attractive.
Acronym for dreaming phase
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
- napBrief daytime rest
- dozingLightly, briefly unconscious
bedtime · pillow · blanket · mattress · pajamas · lullaby · drowsy · snooze
Treatment via unconscious exploration
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- JungianOf analytical psychology
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- interpretationAssigned meaning
symbol · archetype · repressed · manifest · latent · therapy · analysis · meaning
Trouble persistently, as spirits
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- chillingCausing fear or cold
scream · monster · demon · ghoul · falling · chase · teeth · naked
Desire for achievement
longing · yearning · pursuit · achieve · fulfill · chase · realize · big
Ability to see
- omenProphetic indicator
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
portent · symbolic · interpret · meaning · Joseph · Pharaoh · foreshadow · warning
Form mental pictures
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- fairy-taleMagical children's story
make-believe · enchantment · wistful · romantic · fanciful · idealized · escapist · castles
REM
Acronym for dreaming phase
dozing · bedtime · pillow · blanket · mattress · pajamas · lullaby · drowsy · snooze · rest
psychoanalysis
Treatment via unconscious exploration
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- JungianOf analytical psychology
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
interpretation · symbol · archetype · repressed · manifest · latent · therapy · analysis · meaning · imagery
haunt
Trouble persistently, as spirits
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- vividIntensely clear and bright
chilling · scream · monster · demon · ghoul · falling · chase · teeth · naked · trauma
ambition
Desire for achievement
desire · longing · yearning · pursuit · achieve · fulfill · chase · realize · big · lifelong
vision
Ability to see
- omenProphetic indicator
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
revelation · portent · symbolic · interpret · meaning · Joseph · Pharaoh · foreshadow · warning · message
imagine
Form mental pictures
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
fairy-tale · make-believe · enchantment · wistful · romantic · fanciful · idealized · escapist · castles · wishful
dreamwakefulness
State of being conscious
waking · consciousness · alertness · reality · awareness
- sweet dreamsNighttime farewell blessing
- bad dreamFrightening sleep vision
- dream onDismissive of unlikely hopes
- dream come trueDesired outcome finally happening
- dream upInvent through imagination
- dream jobPerfect occupation imagined
dreamy, dreaming, dreamer, daydream, dreams, daydreaming, dreamed, dreamland, dream up