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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Whimsical
//ˈwɪmzɪkəl//
Synonyms for "whimsical" (236 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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ludicrousmaggotymazymercurialmoodymordantmotivelessnimble wittednimble-wittednotionalnuttyoddoddballoutlandishpeculiarpetulantpointedpolysemouspreposterouspriceless
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pungentquaintqueerquick wittedquick-wittedquirkyquizzicalramblingrapier-likerestlessrichridiculousrisiblerococorovingsaltsaltyscatterbrainedscintillatingscreamingscrewballscrewyshapelesssharpshiftingshiftyshufflingsingularskepticalsmartsparklingspasmodicspinelesssprightlystrangetemperamentaltouch-and-gotwistedunaccountableuncertainunconfirmableuncontrolledunconventionalunconvincedundependableundisciplinedundivinableunfixedunforeseeableunnaturalunpersuadedunpredictableunprovableunreasonableunreliableunrestrainedunsettledunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsureunverifiablevacillatingvagariousvagrantvariablevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewackywanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwildwishy washywishy-washywitty
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1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 20 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- wispelturig adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- капризен adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- причудлив adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- своенравен adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Dutch
4 entries- curieus adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- luchtig adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- speels adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- vreemd adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Finnish
3 entries- huvittava adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- oikukas adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- oikutteleva adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
French
4 entries- amusant adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- capricieux adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- drôle adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- lunatique adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Galician
1 entries- caprichoso adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
German
4 entries- drollig adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- launenhaft adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- launisch adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- originell adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Hebrew
1 entries- שובבני adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Hungarian
1 entries- szeszélyes adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Ido
1 entries- ridinda adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Irish
4 entries- earráideach adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- meonúil adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- spangach adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- teidheach adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Italian
4 entries- buffo adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- capriccioso adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- divertente adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- peculiare adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Norwegian
2 entries- rar adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- sær adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دلی adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Polish
2 entries- dziwaczny adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- kapryśny adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Portuguese
3 entries- caprichoso adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- divertido adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- extravagante adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Russian
3 entries- капри́зный adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- прихотли́вый adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- причу́дливый adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Spanish
2 entries- antojadizo adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- caprichoso adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Swedish
4 entries- besynnerlig adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- egendomlig adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- konstig adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- märklig adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Turkish
3 entries- acayip adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- garip adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
- tuhaf adj (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Some speculate that unknown and mysterious forces account for the unexplained disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle, such as extraterrestrials capturing humans for study; the influence of the lost continent of Atlantis; vortices that suck objects into other dimensions; and other whimsical ideas.
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I prefer my stories to be on the more whimsical side.
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"Where are you from, Mark?" "I'm from the whimsical land of Glee on Wonderful Island, where fairies and elves live." "Really?" "Yes." "You sure?" "Well, when I say I'm from there, what I really mean is that a friend of a friend of a friend of a cousin of a friend of a guy I met once has sort of seen it in a book..." "Then why did you say you were from there?" "To see if you were paying attention."
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