Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "dreaming" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Causes

car accident clearing mind confusion exploration of mind fantasy fear having nightmare inspiration might awaken nightmare nightmares rapid eye movement relaxing sleepwalking strange feeling awaking unsettling wake up working out problems

Causes Desire

visit other countries

Derived Terms

dreaming site dreaming site dreaming track dreaming track dreamingly lucid dreaming nightdreaming nondreaming

Inflected/Variant Forms

dream

Context

australian aboriginal mythology

Prerequisites

deep sleep mind particular state of mind sleep sleeping stretch of uninterrupted sleep

Subevents

change in brain waves dragon eats egg ejaculate envision beautiful future eye movement eye movements feel surreal fly go into rem state have orgasm imagining fantasies integrate conscious thoughts and create involuntary and unfinished movements pleasant thoughts rapid eye movement rapid eye movement rem rapid eye movements relive past events rem rem sleep seeing images don't really exist sleep sleeping smile snore snoring talk in sleep twitching wake up

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

imagery imagination imaginativeness imaging mental imagery vision

Receives Action

done while sleeping

Related Terms

songline

Related Terms

ancestor creation dream essence reverie songline world

Synonym Network

dream dreamtime

Used For

dealing with fears and anxiety driving in dreams enlightenment fantasizing flushing human brain memory buffers fun having fun having sex with strangers human brain information management organising concepts in mind piloting life predicting reliving happy memories rem sleep sorting out many thoughts stimulating other bits of brain visualizing wish fulfillment yukon

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.