reverie
[noun]
Synonyms: daydream, abstraction, brown study, woolgathering

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Related Words: absorption, abstraction, preoccupation, contemplation, meditation, thought, castle-building, daydreaming, dreaming

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English Thesaurus: dream, nightmare, daydream, reverie, ambition, ...

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rev‧e‧rie /ˈrevəri/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: rêverie, from Old French rever 'to wander, dream']
a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming ⇒ daydream:
She was startled out of her reverie by a loud crash.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

dream the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleep:
I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.
nightmare a very unpleasant and frightening dream:
She still has terrible nightmares about the accident.
daydream a series of pleasant thoughts that go through your mind when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you:
Neil was in a daydream, and didn’t hear the teacher call his name.
reverie formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming:
The doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.
ambition something that you want to achieve and that you work hard to achieve, especially in your work:
My ambition had always been to start my own business.
aspirations the important things that people want from their lives – used especially about the things a society or a large group of people wants:
It’s important that young people think seriously about their career aspirations.
fantasy something exciting that you imagine happening to you, which is extremely unlikely to happen and often involves sex:
schoolboy fantasies
pipe dream a dream that is impossible or is extremely unlikely to happen:
Is world peace no more than a pipe dream?

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imagine to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like:
When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.
I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.
visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future:
Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.
The finished house may be hard to visualize.
picture to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind:
I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago.
The town was just how she had pictured it from his description.
envisage /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/ especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future:
How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?
They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.
conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine:
For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.
fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen:
I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.
daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing:
Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.
hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs:
The drug that can cause some people to hallucinate.
When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.
dream the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleep:
I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.
nightmare a very unpleasant and frightening dream:
She still has terrible nightmares about the accident.
reverie formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming:
The doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.

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