dreams
Nocturnal mental theater
Dreams are the images, sensations, and narratives that unfold in the mind during sleep—often vivid, sometimes bizarre, rarely remembered in full.
The word extends to waking life for hopes and aspirations: She had dreams of becoming a doctor.
To dream is to experience these visions or to imagine possibilities: I never dreamed it would actually happen.
Something dreamlike has the quality of dreams—hazy, surreal, detached from ordinary reality.
Acronym for dreaming phase
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
lucid · recurring · vivid · sleep · bedtime · pillow · interpretation · symbolism
Intended end results
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- successFavorable outcome attained
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
motivation · drive · pursuit · fulfillment · passion · determination · perseverance · realization
Faculty for forming ideas
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- wishful thinkingBelief shaped by desire
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- fairytalesMagical stories for children
wonderland · reverie · castles in the air · fantasy · whimsy · storybook · enchantment · magical thinking
Foretelling of future events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
clairvoyance · divination · omen · prophetic · visionary · apocalyptic · mystical · spiritual
Tendency to expect good
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- desireIntense wanting
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
possibility · promise · expectation · faith · wishing · someday · believing · anticipation
REM
Acronym for dreaming phase
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
subconscious · lucid · recurring · vivid · sleep · bedtime · pillow · interpretation · symbolism · Freudian
goals
Intended end results
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- successFavorable outcome attained
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
career · motivation · drive · pursuit · fulfillment · passion · determination · perseverance · realization · chasing
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- wishful thinkingBelief shaped by desire
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
fairytales · wonderland · reverie · castles in the air · fantasy · whimsy · storybook · enchantment · magical thinking · flights of fancy
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
foresight · clairvoyance · divination · omen · prophetic · visionary · apocalyptic · mystical · spiritual · trance
optimism
Tendency to expect good
aspiration · possibility · promise · expectation · faith · wishing · someday · believing · anticipation · brighter future
- Nightmoon, stars, moonlight, starlight, midnight
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- topicsnature, health, sports, science, politics
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- family entertainmentanimated films, cartoons, G-rated, happy endings, happily ever after
- dreamsnightmare, nightmares, daydreams, REM sleep, dreamscape
dreamsdreamless sleep
Unconsciousness without mental imagery
dreamlessness · deep sleep · unconsciousness · wakefulness · oblivion
dreamsnightmares
Terrifying sleep experiences
night terrors · sleep paralysis · fever dreams · anxiety dreams
dreamsreality
What actually exists
actuality · facts · truth · hard facts · practicalities
- 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
dream, dreamy, dreaming, dreamer, daydream, daydreaming, dreamed, dreamland, dream up