daydream
pleasant thoughts in your mind when you are awake and not paying attention
A series of pleasant thoughts and images that someone has while awake, especially when they are not paying attention to what is happening around them.
to think about pleasant things instead of paying attention
To spend time imagining pleasant things while awake, especially instead of paying attention to what you should be doing.
a nice idea about the future that is not likely to happen
An unrealistic or unlikely hope, plan, or imagined future that someone enjoys thinking about.
- Base: daydream
- Plural: daydreams
- Base: daydream
- 3rd Person Singular: daydreams
- Present Participle: daydreaming
- Past: daydreamed
caught (someone) daydreaming
1noticed not paying attention
to see someone daydreaming when they should be paying attention
- The teacher caught him daydreaming and asked a question.
- My boss caught me daydreaming and told me to get back to work.
- She laughed when she caught him daydreaming during the movie.
- The teacher caught me daydreaming.
drift off into a daydream
1begin daydreaming gradually
to start daydreaming slowly
- As the music played, she drifted off into a daydream.
- I drifted off into a daydream while he was talking.
- He drifted off into a daydream and stopped taking notes.
- I drifted off into a daydream.
- She drifted off into a daydream in class.
lost in a daydream
1not aware of surroundings
not paying attention because you are imagining something
- She sat by the window, lost in a daydream.
- He was so lost in a daydream that he missed his stop.
- The teacher called his name because he looked lost in a daydream.
- I was lost in a daydream.
- He looked lost in a daydream.
snap out of a daydream
1stop daydreaming suddenly
to stop daydreaming suddenly
- A car horn made me snap out of a daydream.
- She snapped out of her daydream when the phone rang.
- He snapped out of a daydream and realized everyone was waiting for him.
- The noise made me snap out of a daydream.