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head in the clouds

ADJECTIVE

absent-minded

Synonyms

WEAK

absent absorbed abstracted airheaded bemused careless distracted distrait dreaming dreamy engrossed faraway forgetful goofing off heedless inattentive inconscient lost mooning moony oblivious out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remote removed scatterbrained space cadet spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering

Antonyms

WEAK

alert attentive aware

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As Eran Shalev, a professor of history at Haifa University, shows in “The Star-Spangled Republic,” Lemen was hardly the only patriot with his head in the clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

As high as we had our head in the clouds, everything soon came crashing down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2024

While Jordan lives in the air, head in the clouds of the past, James has his feet on the ground, marching into the future.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

And while you have your head in the clouds, make sure what you are doing with your real-life finances answers the question “What if I never win the lottery?”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022

He seemed to know that I was nothing special, just a type, yet another boy whose father had his head in the clouds.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

head in the clouds

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