dream
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
I had a dream about you last night
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- sleeping part holonym
Related & opposite
- dream derivation
Sense 2 verb
have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Types & categories
- imagine hypernym
Related & opposite
- think up also see
- dreaming derivation
- reverie derivation
- woolgathering derivation
- daydreamer derivation
- stargazer derivation
- escapist derivation
- idealist derivation
Sense 3 noun
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
Types & categories
- imagination hypernym
- reverie hyponym
- woolgathering hyponym
Related & opposite
- dream derivation
- woolgathering derivation
Sense 4 verb
experience while sleeping
She claims to never dream
Types & categories
- perceive hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a cherished desire
his ambition is to own his own business
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
- American Dream hyponym
- emulation hyponym
- nationalism hyponym
Related & opposite
- aspire derivation
- ambition derivation
- challenging derivation
Sense 6 noun
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
Types & categories
- fantasy hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
he went about his work as if in a dream
Types & categories
- revery hypernym
Related & opposite
- woolgathering derivation
Sense 8 noun
someone or something wonderful
this dessert is a dream
Types & categories
- perfection hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dream |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sleeping |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imaging |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nightmare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wet dream |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | think up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dreaming |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reverie |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | woolgathering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | daydreamer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stargazer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | escapist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | idealist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | imagine |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dream |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | woolgathering |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | imagination |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reverie |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | woolgathering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dream |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dreamer |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | kip |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspire |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambition |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenging |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | American Dream |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | emulation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | nationalism |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | fantasy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | woolgathering |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | revery |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | perfection |