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Daydream

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

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Dream 76% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dreaming 76% connected

of Dream

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Envisage 76% connected

To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.

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Ideate 76% connected

The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Idle 76% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

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Imagine 76% connected

To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Laze 76% connected

To be lazy or idle.

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Slug 76% connected

A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

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Stagnate 76% connected

To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnat…

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Daydreamer 74% connected

One given to daydreams.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Daydreamer 74% connected

One given to daydreams.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dream 74% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dream 74% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Idealist 74% connected

One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.

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Idealist 74% connected

One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.

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Dream 92% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moon 92% connected

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reverie 92% connected

Alt. of Revery

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Revery 92% connected

A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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