Synonyms of trance

trance

noun

ˈtran(t)s 

as in daydreaming

the state of being lost in thought

lulled by the sound of the train, she stared out the window in a trance, oblivious to the fact that the conductor was taking tickets

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trance

Scary Movie included joking references to both the creepy Aunt Gladys character, as well as the famous scene of all the kids running off in the middle of the night — except the kids in Scary Movie are running from accidental weed candies at Halloween instead of a trance. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Giles does this by putting Buffy into a trance with a crystal and then injecting her with muscle relaxants and adrenaline suppressors. — ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026

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

The kecak dance is a 20th century adaptation of the trance-inducing Hindu ceremonies performed in Bali and a retelling of one of the stories in the Ramayana, the Hindu epic poem. — Emily Feng, NPR, 20 May 2026