reverie.

A state of absorbed, dreamlike thought in which attention turns away from immediate surroundings.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• lost in reverie
• break a reverie

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The falling rain drew her into a reverie.

A knock at the door broke his reverie.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular reverie; plural reveries. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.