revery

Other forms: reveries

Definitions of revery
  1. noun
    an abstracted state of absorption
    synonyms: reverie
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    types:
    dream
    a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
    brown study
    a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness
    type of:
    abstractedness, abstraction
    preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
  2. noun
    absentminded dreaming while awake
    synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie
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    type of:
    dream, dreaming
    imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
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