Synonyms of dreaming

dreaming 1 of 3

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

Julius could not always bear the weight of her dreaming and her drawing. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Today, the tiki scene is thriving, a hub for craft cocktails but also a reflection of our city’s penchant for dreaming and escapism. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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

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

Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. — Mike McRae 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

That’s almost eight months of talking, worrying and dreaming about the Bears. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

The majority of the original Adult Swim show creators were already working at Cartoon Network or its in-house production company Williams Street and had been dreaming about writing their own series for years. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Taylor took that passion and never stopped creating, dreaming and believing in his craft. — Kimberly P. Mitchell, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Fans have been dreaming that Steve Perry might show up that night, but odds are much better that Valenti will make an appearance. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

For years, travel marketers have competed to be found at the moment a consumer begins dreaming about a trip. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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