dream state
Slumber's mental theater
A dream state is the mental condition during sleep when dreams occur, characterized by vivid imagery and suspended awareness of external reality.
The term extends to waking experiences that share these qualities—disorientation, unreality, or detachment from surroundings: She wandered through the day in a dream state.
In hypnosis or meditation, dream state describes a trance-like condition between full consciousness and sleep.
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- deep sleepUnconsciousness hard to rouse
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
lucid · subconscious · mind's eye · REM · sleep paralysis · floating · out of body · surreal · hypnotic · twilight · half asleep · drowsy · vision · hallucination · slumber · daze · fantasy · wandering
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- dreamsnightmare, daydream, nightmares, daydreams, REM sleep
- dream phrasesdaydream, nightmare
- Hallucinationsvisual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucination, auditory hallucination, seeing things
- captivationfascination, captivation, enthrallment, bewitchment, entrancement
- astral projectionastral projection, astral travel, astral plane, astral body, out-of-body experience
dream statewaking state
Conscious awareness condition
wakefulness · alertness · wide awake · arousal · vigilance
dream statereality
What actually exists
real world · objective reality · actuality · sobriety · present moment awareness
dream stateclear-headedness
Mental sharpness and focus
mental acuity · sharp focus · focused attention · presence of mind · rational thought
dream, state, dreams, dreamed, dreaming, dreamer, dreamers, dreamy, dreamlike