dreamed

Had night visions

Dreamed is the past tense and past participle of dream.

It refers to experiencing images and sensations during sleep, or to imagining something desired: I dreamed about flying last night, She dreamed of becoming a doctor.

Also spelled dreamt, though dreamed is more common in American English.

I never dreamed it would actually happen expresses surprise at an outcome once thought impossible.

sleep

slumber

Light, restful unconsciousness

pillow · bedtime · nightmare · moonlight · restless · vivid · recurring · lucid · drowsy · waking

prophetic

vision

Ability to see

foresight · revelation · oracle · clairvoyance · divination · foretelling · portent · augury · seer · visionary

fantasy

imagination

Faculty for forming ideas

wonderland · escapism · enchantment · fantastical · surreal · fable · myth · legend · fiction · utopia

aspiration

ambition

Desire for achievement

  • goalDesired end result
  • hopeDesire for good outcomes
  • desireIntense wanting

wish · longing · yearning · vision · aspiring · pursuit · passion · purpose · aim · achievement

memory

remembered

Brought back to mind

reflected · nostalgia · past · childhood · longed-for · bittersweet · forgotten · fleeting · wistful · haunted

Categories
Opposites
mental state during sleep vs. wakefulness

dreamedwoke

Past tense of rising from sleep

awakened · reasoned · deliberated

imagined/envisioned vs. actual/realized

dreamedexperienced

Having practical knowledge gained

lived · realized · achieved · accomplished · actualized

aspired/hoped vs. dismissed/rejected

dreameddespaired

Lost all hope

gave up · resigned · surrendered · accepted · settled

Phrases
Family

dream, dreaming, daydream, dreams, daydreaming, dreamland, dream up, dreamlike, dreamt

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G