'Reverie' definitions:
Definition of 'reverie'
(from WordNet)
noun
Absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain]
noun
An abstracted state of absorption [syn: reverie, revery]
Definition of 'Reverie'
From: GCIDE
- Reverie \Rev"er*ie\, Revery \Rev"er*y\, n.; pl. Reveries. [F. r['e]verie, fr. r[^e]ver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. Rave.]
- 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless reveries." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reverie'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absence of mind,
- absentmindedness,
- absorption,
- abstractedness,
- abstraction,
- amnesia,
- bad dream,
- bemusement,
- brown study,
- castle-building,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- catatonic stupor,
- close study,
- concentration,
- contemplation,
- contemplativeness,
- daydream,
- daydreamer,
- daydreaming,
- daze,
- deep thought,
- depth of thought,
- dream,
- dream state,
- dreaming,
- engrossment,
- fantasy,
- fantasying,
- fit of abstraction,
- fugue,
- fugue state,
- hypnotic trance,
- incubus,
- meditation,
- melancholy,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- muse,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- muted ecstasy,
- nightmare,
- pensiveness,
- pipe dream,
- pipe-dreaming,
- preoccupation,
- profound thought,
- reflectiveness,
- sleepwalking,
- somnambulism,
- speculativeness,
- stargazing,
- study,
- stupor,
- thought,
- thoughtfulness,
- trance,
- vision,
- Walter Mitty,
- wistfulness,
- woolgathering