daydreamers
Absent-minded fantasy dwellers
Daydreamers are people who let their minds wander into pleasant fantasies or idle thoughts, often losing focus on the present moment.
The word carries a gentle judgment—daydreamers may be imaginative and creative, but they're also easily distracted and impractical: The teacher snapped her fingers to get the daydreamers back on task.
Intense, persistent desire
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- reflectiveCasting back light
melancholy · sentimental · contemplative · soulful · hopeful · misty-eyed · reminiscent · bittersweet
Imaginative mental wandering
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
- woolgatheringAbsent-minded indulgence in fantasy
- dreamworldImaginary realm during slumber
- mind-wanderingUnfocused, spontaneous thought
absentminded · drifting · faraway · detached · unfocused · tuned-out · oblivious · withdrawn
Faculty for forming ideas
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- ideationForming mental concepts
innovation · inspiration · ingenuity · originality · artistry · fanciful · whimsy · inventive
longing
Intense, persistent desire
reflective · melancholy · sentimental · contemplative · soulful · hopeful · misty-eyed · reminiscent · bittersweet · moony
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
- woolgatheringAbsent-minded indulgence in fantasy
- dreamworldImaginary realm during slumber
mind-wandering · absentminded · drifting · faraway · detached · unfocused · tuned-out · oblivious · withdrawn · elsewhere
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
ideation · innovation · inspiration · ingenuity · originality · artistry · fanciful · whimsy · inventive · resourcefulness
- woolgatherersfantasizers, muser
- dreamersdreamer, visionary, visionaries, idealist, idealists
- slackersslackers, loafers, idlers, idler, layabouts
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- habit typessmokers, gamblers, nail biters, procrastinators, coffee drinkers
- intelligentsiaintellectuals, professors, intelligentsia, academics, philosophers
daydreamerspragmatists
Those valuing practical results
realists · rationalists · skeptics · cynics · bean counters
daydreamersdoers
People who act
pragmatists · go-getters · achievers · realists · movers and shakers