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reverie

[rev-uh-ree] / ˈrɛv ə ri /
NOUN
daydream
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contemplation fantasy meditation trance
STRONG
absorption abstraction detachment dreaminess dreaming inattention muse musing pensiveness phantasy preoccupation study thought trip woolgathering
WEAK
absent-mindedness castle-building castles in the air fool's paradise head trip mind trip pipe dream
Antonyms
WEAK
nightmare

Example Sentences

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Breuer has made this his rallying cry as he drives change in the armed forces and tries to jolt Germans from their post-Cold War, end-of-history reverie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

He is likely to find this reverie equally fantastical.

From Slate • May 8, 2025

Who were we, to interrupt this man’s reverie?

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024

Startled from their reverie, flurries of native hens - which piyura kitina is named after - scatter over the mossy grass as we arrive.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

For a long while, we did not speak, but were all consumed in reverie.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson