"dream" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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
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:
- air castle, castle in spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery - absentminded dreaming while awake
- woolgathering - an idle indulgence in fantasy
same as: dreaming
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
is a type of: fantasy, phantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality

same as: pipe dream
is a type of: reverie, revery - an abstracted state of absorption
is a type of: flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection - the state of being without a flaw or defect

Verb

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
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