daydream
noun
a reverie indulged in while awake.
daydreamer
-
a word derived from
daydream.
Example Sentences
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A self-professed daydreamer, Lynch burst onto the scene via the midnight movie circuit with 1977's Eraserhead.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
As a child growing up in Southern California, Octavia Butler was a daydreamer who found comfort in the books she read.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
This is Square Go, a late-night rumble of a show in which he plays 13-year-old Glaswegian daydreamer Max, hiding in the school toilets with his mate Stevie, awaiting a fight with a bully.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2019
He was also a daydreamer and dawdler, which brought complaints from his teachers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
He frowned and saw where he’d messed up: he was a daydreamer.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
