Reverie (Noun)
Meaning 1
Absentminded dreaming while awake.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
An abstracted state of absorption.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The warm sunlight and gentle lapping of the waves induced a reverie in which she forgot her worries and let her thoughts drift away.
- He stood in the art museum, lost in reverie, gazing at the painting that had captured his imagination since childhood.
- The smell of old books wafted up, carrying her off into a reverie of memories from summers spent in her grandfather's library.
- As she sat by the river, the soft burble of the water induced a reverie, and she felt her mind begin to float away on the tide of thoughts.
- The sound of the rain pattering on the roof lulled him into a reverie, and he sat for hours, lost in daydreams of far-off places.