dreaminess
Lost in thought
Dreaminess is a quality of being dreamy—soft, hazy, or pleasantly unfocused.
It describes a state of gentle abstraction: There was a dreaminess in her voice as she remembered.
The word can characterize atmospheric qualities—the dreaminess of a summer afternoon—or a person's tendency toward reverie and imagination rather than practical matters.
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- absentmindedInattentive to immediate surroundings
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
wistful · introspective · reflective · trance · preoccupied · musing · wool-gathering · distracted
Imaginative mental wandering
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- fancifulImaginatively unrealistic
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
fairy-tale · magical · fantastical · storybook · romantic · idealized · rose-tinted · wondrous
reverie
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- absentmindedInattentive to immediate surroundings
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
pensive · wistful · introspective · reflective · trance · preoccupied · musing · wool-gathering · distracted · inattentive
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- fancifulImaginatively unrealistic
- surrealDreamlike and strange
enchanting · fairy-tale · magical · fantastical · storybook · romantic · idealized · rose-tinted · wondrous · mythical
otherworldly
Seemingly not earthly
- celestialOf the sky above
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- airyLight and well-ventilated
sublime · gossamer · spectral · incorporeal · angelic · unearthly · astral · haloed · nebulous · mystical
drowsy
Nearly falling asleep
- sleepyWanting to doze
- somnolentInclined toward sleep
- heavy-eyedVisibly fatigued, needing sleep
lethargic · sluggish · listless · torpid · lazy · lounging · relaxed · unhurried · leisurely · laid-back
- contemplationcontemplation, meditation, reflection, pondering, musing
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- awareness statesalertness, attention, attentiveness, concentration, vigilance
- sentimentalitymawkish, schmaltzy, saccharine, treacly, cloying
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- drowsinesssleepiness, tiredness, grogginess, lethargy, fatigue
dreaminessalertness
Active mental awareness
attentiveness · concentration · vigilance · focus · wakefulness
dreaminesspracticality
Quality of being useful
pragmatism · realism · groundedness · level-headedness · hardheadedness
dream, dreamy, dreaming, dreamer, daydream, dreams, daydreaming, dreamed, dreamlike