People that have experienced so-called 'lucid dreams' often describe them as being 'more real than reality'. They also describe reality after waking up from a 'lucid dream' to be like a 'whimsical dream'.
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Lucid
//ˈl(j)uːsɪd//
Synonyms for "lucid" (151 found)
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Closest matches (31)
brilliantclearcoherentrationalsanetransparentall thereapprehensibleatticbalancedbeamingbrightchasteciceronianclassicclassicalclean cutclean-cutclear as crystalclear as day
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Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (75)
Adjective(6 words)
loftyloud and clearlucentluculentluminouslustrousmentally soundnaturalneatnonopaquenormalof sound mindpeekaboopellucidperspicuouspictorialplainpolishedpureradiant
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reasonablerefinedrefulgentrelucentrestrainedrevealingrightroundsane-mindedsee-throughsemipellucidsemitranslucentsensibleserenesheersimplesoundsound-mindedstraightforwardtastefultersethintogethertranslucenttranslucidtranspicuoustrimunaffectedunambiguousuncloudedunconfusedunderstandableunequivocalunivocalunlaboredunmistakableunobscuredvividwell-definedwholesome
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Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
15 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- блестящ adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- разбираем adj (clear; easily understood)
- светъл adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- ясен adj (clear; easily understood)
Catalan
3 entries- lúcid adj (clear; easily understood)
- lúcid adj (mentally rational; sane)
- lúcid adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 易懂 adj (clear; easily understood)
- 清明 adj (mentally rational; sane)
- 清晰 adj (clear; easily understood)
- 清楚 adj (clear; easily understood)
Dutch
1 entries- lucide adj (clear; easily understood)
Finnish
4 entries- kirkas adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- läpikuultava adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- läpinäkyvä adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- selkeä adj (clear; easily understood)
French
3 entries- clair adj (clear; easily understood)
- claire adj (clear; easily understood)
- lucide adj (mentally rational; sane)
German
4 entries- bei Verstand adj (mentally rational; sane)
- brilliant adj (mentally rational; sane)
- deutlich adj (clear; easily understood)
- einleuchtend adj (clear; easily understood)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 adj (clear; easily understood)
Hungarian
4 entries- csillogó adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- fényes adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- ragyogó adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- tiszta adj (clear; easily understood)
Ido
1 entries- lumoza adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
Irish
1 entries- glé adj (clear; easily understood)
Latin
1 entries- lūcidus adj (clear; easily understood)
Macedonian
4 entries- бистар adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- ведар adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- луциден adj (clear; easily understood)
- разумен adj (mentally rational; sane)
Māori
2 entries- ariroa adj (clear; easily understood)
- mārama adj (clear; easily understood)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- kloa adj (clear; easily understood)
Polish
3 entries- jasny adj (clear; easily understood)
- klarowny adj (clear; easily understood)
- przejrzysty adj (clear; easily understood)
Portuguese
3 entries- lúcido adj (clear; easily understood)
- lúcido adj (mentally rational; sane)
- lúcido adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
Russian
4 entries- поня́тный adj (clear; easily understood)
- разу́мный adj (mentally rational; sane)
- рациона́льный adj (mentally rational; sane)
- све́тлый adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- razuman adj (mentally rational; sane)
- razumljiv adj (clear; easily understood)
Spanish
4 entries- brillante adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- lucido adj (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
- lúcido adj (clear; easily understood)
- lúcido adj (mentally rational; sane)
Turkish
1 entries- açık seçik adj (clear; easily understood)
Ukrainian
4 entries- з ясним розумом adj (mentally rational; sane)
- зрозумілий adj (clear; easily understood)
- раціональний adj (mentally rational; sane)
- розумний adj (mentally rational; sane)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Mary frequently has lucid dreams.
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I have lucid dreams.
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Do you have lucid dreams?
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