reverie

rev·er·ie

noun \ˈre-və-rē, ˈrev-rē\

plural rev·er·ies

Definition of REVERIE

1

: daydream

2

: the condition of being lost in thought

Variants of REVERIE

rev·er·ie also rev·ery \ˈre-və-rē, ˈrev-rē\

Examples of REVERIE

1. <I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.>

Origin of REVERIE

French rêverie, from Middle French, delirium, from resver, rever to wander, be delirious

First Known Use: 1654

Related to REVERIE

Synonyms: daydreaming, study, trance, woolgathering

Related Words: contemplation, meditation, musing; absentmindedness, absorption, abstraction, preoccupation; chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision

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Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with REVERIE

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