variants
also revery
as in trance
the state of being lost in thought
I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late
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Recent Examples of reverie
The fireplace, stone walls, and ambient lighting, paired with hand-cut steaks, homemade desserts, and Virginia wine pairings, lull diners into a pleasant reverie.
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
His thoughts melt into a single reverie.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
The train from London cut through the verdant English countryside like a dreamy reverie.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
His thoughts melt into a single reverie.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
The train from London cut through the verdant English countryside like a dreamy reverie.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverie
Noun
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Giles does this by putting Buffy into a trance with a crystal and then injecting her with muscle relaxants and adrenaline suppressors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 June 2026
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Jamie hesitated and then, in an actorly kind of trance, came over and joined her on the bed.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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No amount of daydreaming would have been able to replace the knowledge that Lenny could have shared.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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But across the rest of the record, whether retelling or daydreaming, Hawke maintains a writerly attention to assonance and rhyme.—
Caitlin Wolper Phillips,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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“Reverie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverie. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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