dream

Noun
  1. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep (synset 105776550)
    "I had a dream about you last night"
    is a type of: imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery - the ability to form mental images of things or events
    subtypes:
    • nightmare - a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
    • wet dream - an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen
    is a part of: sleeping - the state of being asleep
    same as: dreaming
  2. Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake (synset 105776803)
    "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
    is a type of: imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
    subtypes:
    same as: dreaming
  3. A cherished desire (synset 107499687)
    "his ambition is to own his own business"
    is a type of: desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
    subtypes:
    • american dream - the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did
    • emulation - ambition to equal or excel
    • nationalism - the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
    same as: ambition, aspiration
  4. A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) (synset 105640577)
    "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
    is a type of: fantasy, phantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality
    same as: pipe dream
  5. A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality (synset 105708890)
    "he went about his work as if in a dream"
    is a type of: reverie, revery - an abstracted state of absorption
  6. Someone or something wonderful (synset 114483299)
    "this dessert is a dream"
    is a type of: flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection - the state of being without a flaw or defect
Verb
  1. Have a daydream;
    Indulge in a fantasy (synset 201641175)
    is a type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
    same as: daydream, stargaze, woolgather
  2. Experience while sleeping (synset 202122725)
    "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"
    entail: catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber - be asleep
    is a type of: comprehend, perceive - to become aware of through the senses

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