Synonyms of dreaming

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adjective

1

as in daydreaming

Related 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
• befuddled
• flighty
• befogged
• birdbrained

Dissimilar Words

• 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

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

dreaming

2 of 3

noun

as in rapid eye movement

Related 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
• repose
• z's

Dissimilar Words

• 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
• pondering
• reflecting
• stargazing
• reliving
• musing
• reminiscing
• ruminating
• meditating
• inventing
• foreseeing
• projecting
• concocting
• manufacturing
• re-creating
• prefiguring
• fabricating
• making up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dreaming

Noun

Many of the techniques that had been used in previous studies to trigger lucid dreaming involved weeks of training for the participants ahead of time. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

His dreaming moved us forward, brought artists out of the shadows, rewarded us with weird, challenging, meaningful, exciting art. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

When the pair meet as children, Cricket is a budding visual artist who spends his days drawing and dreaming; Olympia seeks to cultivate Cricket’s talents while harboring art-world ambitions of her own. — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Yet once the hurt from the Argentina defeat eases, Prime Minister Burnham will have a particularly good reason to hope that the dreaming finally pays off. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

All sleep stages matter, but the one that matters most is REM sleep, the dreaming stage. — Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

Hopefully people will make the connection of the importance of dreaming and planning and affirmations but also the importance of letting things go, like forgiving people. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Some critics’ squeamishness seems aimed at the act of invention itself, the florid dreaming in the face of reality. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Why Vivid Dreams May Actually Mean Deeper Rest One of the more counterintuitive findings of the past year challenges the assumption that intense dreaming equals lighter sleep. — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026

Verb

The Hurricanes aren’t thinking that far ahead just yet, but now that the season is here and after Miami made the run to the title game last season, go ahead and start dreaming big, Miami fans. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Instead, Kellerhouse was surprised by the number of applicants dreaming about internships in social work, urban design, and art. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2026

Because my father had once been a young boy with almost nothing, standing near the sand and the ocean, watching movement and dreaming. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026

Carr and Konkoly would wire everyone up with EEG, perform their lucid-dreaming protocol, and let people drift off. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Consumers are signing up for premium credit cards, earning points through everyday spending and dreaming about using those points for aspirational travel. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Here is how to watch or listen to the Royals’ six games this week as fans will be California dreaming. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026

A lot of times, the job involves dreaming about the next possibility while also sometimes being met with the possibility that your best days are behind you. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 July 2026

That means dreaming about Black liberation, not as an impossibility but as something that will come to fruition. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026