woolgathering

adj. absent-minded, daydreaming; scatter-brained

n. daydreaming; wool collecting

v. daydream, fantasize; collect bits of wool that have been shed by sheep

Noun
1. an idle indulgence in fantasy
(hypernym) dream, dreaming
(derivation) dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze
Adjective
1. dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment"
(synonym) dreamy, moony
(similar) inattentive

Verb
1. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
(synonym) dream, daydream, stargaze
(hypernym) imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
(derivation) daydreamer, woolgatherer

(n.)
Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
  

(a.)
Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
  

Synonyms and related words:
Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absent, absentminded, absentmindedness, absorbed, absorption, abstracted, abstractedness, abstraction, bemused, bemusement, brown study, castle-building, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, daydreamy, depth of thought, dream, dreaming, dreamy, drowsing, ecstatic, elsewhere, engrossed, engrossment, fantasy, fantasying, faraway, fit of abstraction, half-awake, in a reverie, in the clouds, lost, lost in thought, meditative, mooning, moonraking, muse, museful, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, napping, nodding, oblivious, pensive, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, preoccupation, preoccupied, rapt, reverie, somewhere else, stargazing, study, taken up, trance, transported, unconscious, wrapped in thought
  

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