Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "dream" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

awake nightmare reality wake waking

Causes Desire

see idea become reality

Dbpedia Genre

contemporary r b

Dbpedia Occupation

record producer singing songwriter

Derived Terms

African dream herb American dream DREAMer Indian's dream adream beyond one's wildest dreams cheese dream daydream dream board dream catcher dream come true dream factory dream feed dream home dream house dream job dream job dream life dream list dream on dream pop dream room dream sequence dream team dream trance dream true dream up dream vision dream yoga dreamable dreamboat dreambound dreamcatcher dreamchild dreamcore dreamer dreamery dreamfish dreamful dreamgirl dreamhole dreamish dreamland dreamless dreamlet dreamlife dreamlike dreamlining dreammate dreamscape dreamself dreamsign dreamsome dreamster dreamward dreamware dreamwork dreamworker dreamworld dreamworthy dreamwrapt dreamy fever dream foredream go like a dream impossible dream in one's wildest dreams in your dreams in your wildest dreams interdream like a dream live the dream lucid dream manic pixie dream girl nightdream nondream outdream overdream pipe dream redream teamwork makes the dream work undream waking dream wet dream work like a dream

Distinct From

nightmare real reality

Entails

sleep

Etymologically Related To

sweven

First Subevents

fall asleep go into rem sleep sleep

Last Subevents

wake up

Prerequisites

asleep close eyes fall asleep go to sleep got to sleep sleep sleep peacefully smoke opium smoke pot take drug

Subevents

eyes move fly frightening get free pr0n have nightmare have rem sleep imagining illusory people places or events might wake up rapid eye movement realize new possibilities sleep smile in sleep think you're wolf twitch wet bed

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

comprehend conceive of desire envisage fantasy flawlessness ideate imagery imagination imaginativeness imagine imaging mental imagery ne plus ultra perceive perfection phantasy reverie revery vision

Type Of (IsA)

artwork band cognitive process company imagination information intentional mental event involuntary bodily function musical artist perfection personal experience reverie

Manner Of

imagine perceive

Motivated By Goal

asleep better world distract brain feel relaxed imagine different possibilities involuntary biological function plan for future sleep sleep well sleeping well were asleep work out problems

Part Of

sleeping

Related Terms

abstract action activity after after sleep ambition apparition asleep aspirations at night bad bed brain brain activity brain movie clouds cognitive cognitive function crazy crazy things day daydream delusion done done sleeping during during sleep emotion event experience fantasies fantasy freud freudian freudian interpretation function good good nightmare good nightmares hallucinate hallucination happening happens happens sleep happy have head hope i have idea ideal illusion image imagery images imaginary imaginary thing imagination imagination sleep imaginative imagine imaging imagining in bed in head in mind in night in sleep in sleeping interpretation king life life is like like nightmare like sleeping living lucid lucid resting luther luther king many things martin martin king martin luther maybe memories memory mental mental activity mental movies mind mind pictures mind story movie movies nice nice nightmare night night activity night event night fantasies night fantasy night happening night image night images night imagination night imaging night imagining night memories night memory night movie night stories night story night think night thinking night thought night thoughts night vision night visions nightly nightly thought nightmare nightmare maybe nightmares nighttime nighttime action nighttime activity nighttime imagining nighttime thought nighttime thoughts nocturnal nocturnal experience perchance perfect pictures pleasant random random thoughts real reality rem resting reverie scene see seeing seeing things seen seen night sheep sight sleep sleep action sleep activity sleep apparition sleep experience sleep fantasy sleep image sleep images sleep imagination sleep imagine sleep imagining sleep living sleep movie sleep pictures sleep sight sleep state sleep stories sleep story sleep thing sleep think sleep thinking sleep thought sleep thoughts sleep time sleep vision sleep visions sleeping sleeping action sleeping experience sleeping hallucination sleeping image sleeping images sleeping imagination sleeping movie sleeping movies sleeping nightmare sleeping reality sleeping story sleeping thought sleeping thoughts sleeping time sleeping vision sleeping visions sometimes sometimes bad sorting sorting unconscious speech state stories story strange strange story subconscious subconscious activity subconscious imagination subconscious sleep think thinking thought thoughts time unconscious unreal up usually usually pleasant vision visions vivid wake wake up weird weird images weird things when when asleep when sleep when sleeping while while sleep while sleeping wild wish

Synonym Network

ambition pipe dream sweven vision

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