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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of trance

The trance festival in southern Israel’s Negev Desert was one target of the militant group’s rampage in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others kidnapped and taken to Gaza. —Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024

And her superpower was kind of like emotional - trances and stuff like that. —Jim Ryan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

The track falls somewhere between hard techno and trance, elevating heart rates with its driving beat and sharp percussion. —Katie Bain, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2024

Tempos are widely noted to have risen precipitously, soaring from 120 or 130 BPM to well into the 140s or above, reflecting clubbers’ growing hunger for styles like hard techno, trance, and drum’n’bass. —Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2024