dreaming

Other forms: dreamings

Definitions of dreaming
  1. noun
    a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
    synonyms: dream
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    types:
    nightmare
    a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
    type of:
    imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery
    the ability to form mental images of things or events
  2. noun
    imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
    synonyms: dream
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    types:
    air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery
    absentminded dreaming while awake
    woolgathering
    an idle indulgence in fantasy
    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
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