dreamless sleep

Night without visions

Dreamless sleep is deep, uninterrupted rest without dreams—or at least without remembered dreams.

The phrase suggests complete unconsciousness, a total absence of mental activity: She fell into a dreamless sleep and woke refreshed.

It often implies restorative rest, the kind that leaves no trace of the night's passage.

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blackout · blank · restful · heavy · coma · slumber · uninterrupted · restorative · profound · death-like · exhausted · peaceful · still · silent · dark · nothingness · REM · insensible

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Opposites
dream presence

dreamless sleepREM sleep

Dreaming stage with eye movement

lucid dreaming · dream state · nightmare · night terror · dreaming

consciousness level

dreamless sleepwakefulness

State of being conscious

alertness · waking state · wide awake · hyperawareness · vigilance

mental activity intensity

dreamless sleeplucid dreaming

Sleep state with awareness

hallucination · fever dream · wakefulness · reverie · daydreaming

Family

dream, dreams, dreamed, dreaming, dreamer, dreamers, dreamlike, dreamless, daydream

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