Grey Dolphin in dreams
Intelligent play — the part of life that is serious and joyful at once.
How grey changes the reading
The base reading of Dolphin
A dolphin in a dream is the dictionary's image of intelligent play. The dolphin is one of the few animals that the dream uses to mean both seriousness and joy at once.
A dolphin swimming alongside you is the dictionary's image of companionship from a part of yourself you do not always remember you have access to.
Where you often see it. A dolphin in clear water. A dolphin briefly alongside a boat. The dream uses the dolphin for intelligent play — the part of life that is serious and joyful at once.
What it is not. A dolphin is not always literal sea-imagery. The dictionary reads it as the dreamer's most playful intelligence.
Related in the dictionary. Read dolphin with sea, fish (its quieter relative), and any scene of intelligent joy in motion.