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

Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where UFC ring girl Chrissy Blair put America in a trance to celebrate the big 2-5-0. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

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