Synonyms of reverie

reverie

noun

ˈre-və-rē 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reverie

Stylistically, these books are often surreal and oneiric, with the gauzy texture of childhood reverie. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

The sexy Eagle Bar was calling us to snap out of our reverie. — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026

Thomas begins to confuse his young mentee and interviewer with his own son, mixing fragments of family wounds and recriminations into his reverie, as if he’s forgotten that he’s being interviewed. — Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2026

By showing kids in moments of reverie, Price aims to preserve and protect forms of childhood that are routinely eroded in hyper-violent and over-policed environments. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026