woolgatherers
Lost in thought
Woolgatherers are people lost in idle daydreaming or aimless thought.
The term comes from the old practice of gathering tufts of wool caught on bushes and fences—a task requiring wandering and little concentration.
Someone who lets their mind drift during a meeting or loses track of conversation might be called a woolgatherer: The professor's lecture was wasted on a room full of woolgatherers.
Habitual mental wanderers
- dreamersThose with ambitious visions
- fantasizersThose who indulge imagination
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- absentmindedInattentive to immediate surroundings
preoccupied · stargazers · head-in-clouds · escapist · wistful · distracted · unfocused · inattentive
Imaginatively unrealistic
- imaginativeAble to conceive new ideas
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
playful · impractical · idle · aimless · wandering · meandering · drifting · unfocused
Pursuers of perfect visions
- dreamersThose with ambitious visions
- utopiansAdvocates for ideal societies
- romanticsIdealists about love
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
unrealistic · naive · imprudent · quixotic · starry-eyed · head-in-clouds · schemers · fantasists
People who reason deeply
- ponderersThose who reflect
- philosophersSeekers of fundamental truths
- meditatorsPeople who practice mindfulness
- reflectiveCasting back light
introspective · pensive · thoughtful · rumination · brooding · cogitative · deliberative · absorbed
daydreamers
Habitual mental wanderers
- dreamersThose with ambitious visions
- fantasizersThose who indulge imagination
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
absentminded · preoccupied · stargazers · head-in-clouds · escapist · wistful · distracted · unfocused · inattentive · spacey
fanciful
Imaginatively unrealistic
- imaginativeAble to conceive new ideas
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- eccentricUnconventional in character
capricious · playful · impractical · idle · aimless · wandering · meandering · drifting · unfocused · flighty
idealists
Pursuers of perfect visions
- dreamersThose with ambitious visions
- utopiansAdvocates for ideal societies
- romanticsIdealists about love
visionaries · unrealistic · naive · imprudent · quixotic · starry-eyed · head-in-clouds · schemers · fantasists · impracticable
thinkers
People who reason deeply
- ponderersThose who reflect
- philosophersSeekers of fundamental truths
- meditatorsPeople who practice mindfulness
reflective · introspective · pensive · thoughtful · rumination · brooding · cogitative · deliberative · absorbed · navel-gazers
woolgatherersconcentrators
Devices that intensify beams
sentinels · watchdogs · nitpickers · sticklers · micromanagers
woolgatherersdoers
People who act
go-getters · pragmatists · realists · men of action · taskmasters