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dreamer

dreamer

8 1.8
A person who sees images and stories in their mind while sleeping
  • noun
  • /ˈdriːmər/
: soñador
  • Nothing comes to dreamers but dreams.

Some individuals have asked the question, is there any changes to your sleep or even the benefits of sleep when you are a lucid dreamer versus not?

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Examples

  • Then his eyes emptied of expression: the dreamer waking, the dream forgotten.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Just then, there is a terrible noise which brings the dreamer back to himself.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • How often the dream itself seeks out the dreamer?

    Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

  • As the dreamer listened with great delight, the Ari confirmed things the dreamer himself already knew.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The results are consistent with previous findings indicating that dreams involve the dreamer's waking feelings and concerns.

    Academic text (1990)

  • While asleep, the dreamer imagined flying over the ocean and exploring distant lands.

  • The dreamer experienced a beautiful landscape filled with colorful flowers as they slept.

  • In her deep slumber, the dreamer found herself in a world where anything was possible.

Antonyms

waking
3 2.5

The time when you are not asleep

Surface Forms

dreamer singular
dreamers plural

Morphology

dreamer = dream (transparent) = dream + er

This is a regular agent noun formation meaning 'one who dreams', so the connection to the base verb is direct.

Etymology

The word dreamer comes from the simple parts dream + -er, where dream once meant 'joy' and later came to mean the pictures or images you see while sleeping, so a dreamer is someone who has dreams during sleep.