dreamy
Lost in reverie
Dreamy describes a soft, hazy quality suggestive of dreams.
A dreamy expression suggests someone lost in thought or reverie: She had a dreamy look in her eyes.
Dreamy music or lighting is gentle and ethereal.
In casual speech, dreamy means attractively appealing: He's so dreamy.
A dreamy person tends toward fantasy and impracticality.
Yielding to touch
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- pastelPale, gentle shade
- atmosphericOf the air above
moody · nostalgic · vintage · lo-fi · blurred · faded · sepia · twilight
Naively romantic or idealistic
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- wishfulDriven by desire
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
quixotic · naive · head-in-clouds · impractical · fanciful · unrealistic · rose-colored · optimistic
Seemingly not earthly
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- mistyObscured by vapor
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
diaphanous · gauzy · soft-focus · wispy · filmy · veiled · nebulous · floating
Reflective contemplation
- farawayAt great distance
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
- distractedUnable to concentrate
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
unfocused · spaced-out · wool-gathering · abstracted · detached · glazed · distant · trancelike
Imaginatively unrealistic
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- fairy-taleMagical children's story
- storybookBook of tales
- magicalPossessing supernatural power
enchanting · surreal · imaginative · playful · wondrous · otherworldly · mystical · spellbinding
Naively romantic or idealistic
- lovestruckOverwhelmed by romantic attraction
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- swooningLosing consciousness briefly
moonstruck · enamored · adoring · wistful · longing · tender · sentimental · passionate
soft
Yielding to touch
atmospheric · moody · nostalgic · vintage · lo-fi · blurred · faded · sepia · twilight · candlelit
starry-eyed
Naively romantic or idealistic
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- wishfulDriven by desire
hopeful · quixotic · naive · head-in-clouds · impractical · fanciful · unrealistic · rose-colored · optimistic · imaginative
otherworldly
Seemingly not earthly
hazy · diaphanous · gauzy · soft-focus · wispy · filmy · veiled · nebulous · floating · luminous
musing
Reflective contemplation
- farawayAt great distance
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
- distractedUnable to concentrate
preoccupied · unfocused · spaced-out · wool-gathering · abstracted · detached · glazed · distant · trancelike · meditative
fanciful
Imaginatively unrealistic
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- fairy-taleMagical children's story
- storybookBook of tales
magical · enchanting · surreal · imaginative · playful · wondrous · otherworldly · mystical · spellbinding · bewitching
starry-eyed
Naively romantic or idealistic
- lovestruckOverwhelmed by romantic attraction
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
swooning · moonstruck · enamored · adoring · wistful · longing · tender · sentimental · passionate · enchanted
- creative traitscreative, imaginative, inventive, innovative, original
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- photo effectsblur, sharpen, brightness, contrast, saturation
- whimsicalwhimsical, whimsy, fanciful, playful, quirky
- imaginary stylesimaginary, fantasy, fantastical, surreal, otherworldly
- poetic wordsethereal, celestial, luminous, gossamer, resplendent
dreamyalert
Warning or watchfulness
sharp · attentive · wide-awake · vigilant · focused
- bad dreamFrightening sleep vision
- dream onDismissive of unlikely hopes
- dream come trueDesired outcome finally happening
- dream upInvent through imagination
- dream jobPerfect occupation imagined
- dream houseImagined perfect residence
dream, dreaming, dreamer, daydream, daydreaming, dreamland, dreamlike, daydreams, dreaminess