Synonyms of daydreaming

daydreaming 1 of 3

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

daydreaming

2 of 3

adjective

as in dreaming

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

daydreaming

3 of 3

verb

present participle of daydream

as in fantasizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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