daydreamingnoun [ U ]
/ˈdeɪ.driː.mɪŋ//ˈdeɪ.driː.mɪŋ/the activity of thinking about pleasant things that you would like to do or have happen to you, instead of thinking about what is happening now:
We can all admit to occasional daydreaming at work.
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- Reserved and introverted, he loved movies and was prone to daydreaming.
- Time that kids spend watching TV would be better spent on sports, creative play, or just daydreaming.
- A hot summer afternoon is perfect for daydreaming.
- Daydreaming is harmless, but sooner or later you have to act.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dreaming
- be hearing/imagining/seeing things idiom
- be miles away idiom
- daydream
- daze
- dream
- dreamer
- fantasist
- fantasize
- hallucinate
- hallucination
- hallucinatory
- in a dream idiom
- nightmare
- optical illusion
- out of 2
- out of it idiom
- reverie
- thing
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