Synonyms of daydreaming

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noun

as in trance

the state of being lost in thought

if you're bored while traveling, daydreaming is a perfectly normal state to be in, regardless of what the road signs say

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trance
• daydream
• study
• contemplation
• reverie
• woolgathering
• meditation
• dream
• revery
• musing
• absentmindedness
• preoccupation
• vision
• absorption
• abstraction
• fantasy
• hallucination
• delusion
• unreality
• illusion
• phantasy
• chimera
• pipe dream
• figment
• fantasm
• phantasm
• conceit
• fancy

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adjective

as in dreaming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreaming
• dreamy
• engrossed
• absorbed
• preoccupied
• pensive
• faraway
• intent
• rapt
• absentminded
• distracted
• absent
• abstracted
• oblivious
• unaware
• unconscious
• inattentive
• forgetting
• unmindful
• unthinking
• heedless
• unknowing
• unheeding
• forgetful
• dazed
• scatterbrained
• unfocused
• unwitting
• confused
• bewildered
• clueless
• befuddled
• bemused
• foggy
• vacant
• muddled
• unperceptive
• unwary
• hazy
• flighty
• unfocussed
• befogged
• insensible
• birdbrained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alert
• engaged
• conscious
• observing
• aware
• mindful
• watchful
• wary
• vigilant
• attentive
• alive
• observant
• sharp
• heedful
• open-eyed
• wide-awake
• clearheaded
• heads-up

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• alert
• engaged
• conscious
• observing
• aware
• mindful
• watchful
• wary
• vigilant
• attentive
• alive
• observant
• sharp
• heedful
• open-eyed
• wide-awake
• clearheaded
• heads-up

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daydreaming

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verb

present participle of daydream

as in fantasizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreaming
• fantasizing
• envisioning
• fantasying
• stargazing
• imagining
• visualizing
• visioning
• hallucinating
• envisaging
• fancying
• picturing
• reminiscing
• musing
• ruminating
• ideating
• conceiving
• reliving
• pondering
• reflecting
• conceiting
• meditating
• imaging
• featuring
• planning
• contemplating
• seeing
• recreating
• inventing
• concocting
• manufacturing
• projecting
• conjuring (up)
• re-creating
• foreseeing
• fabricating
• making up
• prefiguring