Synonyms of dreaming

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adjective

1

as in daydreaming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• daydreaming
• dreamy
• absorbed
• engrossed
• pensive
• intent
• rapt
• preoccupied
• faraway
• absent
• unaware
• distracted
• unconscious
• abstracted
• oblivious
• absentminded
• forgetting
• unmindful
• inattentive
• heedless
• unthinking
• unknowing
• unwitting
• bewildered
• dazed
• vacant
• forgetful
• unwary
• clueless
• muddled
• foggy
• unheeding
• confused
• bemused
• unperceptive
• hazy
• unfocused
• scatterbrained
• insensible
• unfocussed
• befuddled
• flighty
• befogged
• birdbrained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alert
• conscious
• aware
• engaged
• alive
• wary
• wide-awake
• observing
• mindful
• watchful
• vigilant
• attentive
• sharp
• observant
• open-eyed
• heedful
• heads-up
• clearheaded

2

as in sleeping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sleeping
• nodding
• slumbrous
• drowsy
• resting
• slumberous
• hypnotized
• somnolent
• sleepy
• napping
• slumbering
• dormant
• asleep
• dozing
• comatose
• reposing
• mesmerized
• sleepwalking
• semiconscious
• somnambulant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• awake
• sleepless
• aware
• conscious
• wakeful
• wide-awake
• sleepless
• up
• aroused
• awakened
• revived
• wakened
• roused
• astir
• reawakened

dreaming

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noun

as in rapid eye movement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rapid eye movement
• doze
• nap
• resting
• drowse
• dozing
• oversleeping
• catnap
• slumber
• slumbering
• siesta
• napping
• snoozing
• forty winks
• snooze
• rest
• wink
• sleep
• bed
• shut-eye
• catnapping
• zs
• repose
• z's

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consciousness
• wake
• wakefulness
• insomnia
• sleeplessness

dreaming

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verb

present participle of dream

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of

I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagining
• envisioning
• seeing
• picturing
• fantasizing
• visualizing
• conceiving
• envisaging
• visioning
• fancying
• contemplating
• featuring
• fantasying
• planning
• daydreaming
• ideating
• conjuring (up)
• imaging
• conceiting
• hallucinating
• recreating
• pondering
• reflecting
• stargazing
• reliving
• musing
• reminiscing
• ruminating
• meditating
• inventing
• foreseeing
• projecting
• concocting
• manufacturing
• re-creating
• prefiguring
• fabricating
• making up