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View usage for: (revəri) Word forms: plural reveriescountable nounA reverie is a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, as if you are dreaming. [formal] The announcer's voice brought Holden out of his reverie. Synonyms: daydream, musing, preoccupation, trance More Synonyms of reverie reverie in British English or revery (ˈrɛvərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -eries1. an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming to fall into a reverie 2. a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream 3. archaic a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream Word origin C14: from Old French resverie wildness, from resver to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave1reverie in American English (ˈrɛvəri) noun1. dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming 2. a dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream Word origin Fr rêverie < MFr, delirium < rever, roam: see rave Examples of 'reverie' in a sentencereverie Definition absent-minded daydream The voice brought him out of his reverie. Synonyms daydreaming brown studywoolgathering castles in the air or Spain - revere
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Additional synonymsEvidence had been destroyed as a result of a moment's inattention. Synonyms neglect, disregard, carelessness, indifference, preoccupation, daydreaming, forgetfulness, thoughtlessness, absent-mindedness, inadvertence, inattentiveness, heedlessness, woolgatheringShe mistook his musing for purposeful loitering. Synonyms thinking, reflection, meditation, abstraction, contemplation, introspection, reverie, dreaming, day-dreaming, rumination, navel gazing (slang), absent-mindedness, cogitation, brown study, cerebration, woolgatheringHe kept sinking back into gloomy preoccupation. Synonyms absorption, musing, oblivion, abstraction, daydreaming, immersion, reverie, absent-mindedness, brown study, inattentiveness, absence of mind, pensiveness, engrossment, prepossession, woolgatheringDefinition a dazed or stunned state Like a man in a trance, he made his way back to the rooms. Synonyms daze, dream, spell, ecstasy, muse, abstraction, rapture, reverie, stupor, unconsciousness, hypnotic state |