daydream

Meaning

Noun

A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

Verb

To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

Synonyms

dream

😴💭

reverie

fantasy

fantasize

vision

fancy

pipe dream

woolgather

muse

revery

castle in Spain

daydreaming

castle in the air

waking dream

imagination

meditate

moon

🌔

ponder

stargaze

absent-mindedness

woolgathering

oneirism

air castle

mooning

eyesight

petrify

dumbfounded

be deluded into thinking

reflect on

dreaming

doze

sight

memory

think about

think to oneself

dream away

trance

transfix

unreal

daze

perception

wish

chimera

a reverie

fantasising

fantasise

foreboding

illusion

abstraction

imagine

Translations

rêverie

rêvasser

sognare

😴💭

dromen

😴💭

dagdroom

Tagtraum

rêve

😴💭

songer

😴💭

ονειροπολώ

fantasticare

träumen

😴💭

dagdromen

vaneggiare

ονειροπόληση

mijmeren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdeɪdɹiːm/

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: deidream

Cognate with Dutch: dagdroom

Cognate with German: Tagtraum

Cognate with Swedish: dagdröm

Cognate with Icelandic: dagdraumur

In summary

From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).