idealist

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dreaming
be hearing/imagining/seeing thingsidiom
be miles awayidiom
daydream
daydreamer
daydreaming
dream
dreamless
dreamlessly
dreamscape
fantasist
fantasize
in a dreamidiom
mile
night terror
nightmare
oneiric
optical illusion
reverie
thing
Walter Mitty

Examples from literature

'You are such a dreamer,' said the boy, with his former petulance. 
His father said that the boy was stupid and a dreamer, but I thought differently of him. 
I told her you were a dreamer, penniless, and always would be, but she wouldn't listen to my practical talk. 
My friend, you are a dreamer. 
We are a nation of thinkers and dreamers. 

Examples of dreamer

dreamer
When one makes a "discovery," is it the scientific investigator or the dreamer who discovers?
Again, we should note that the origin of these simulations apparently is not in the real life of the dreamer.
The turbulent journey ends on the dizzying heights of a church steeple, at which point the dreamer awakens drenched in sweat.
The dreamer usually reacted to the attack by running, escaping, or hiding (unless she woke up).
For a moment, this disturbing effect puts the viewer into the situation of a dreamer who does not know that he is dreaming.
Through all of this, search remains the one true common thread that binds the dreamer to her dream.
These structures may represent the archives of dreamer's affective history.
We can define a category of severe threats where the dreamer's life or physical well-being is in danger.
Then we could compare the frequency and content of nondisturbing nightmares to ones that actually wake up the dreamer and cause insomnia.
The view then is that the dream pictures or "contextualizes" the emotional state of the dreamer.
The figures remain similar when only the dreamers' own emotions are considered.
This private dream reality remains outside study and definition, being made available only as the individual dreamer desires.
Thirdly, as in wakeful perception, images perceived in dreams are alienated from the dreamer who finds himself interacting with apparently external objects and events.
Many dreamers are aware that recall actively eludes them as they awaken.
The dreamer was watching, hiding, or running away.
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