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- Dictionaryreverie/ˈrɛv(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream: "a knock on the door broke her reverie"
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(a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts: He was lost in reverie until he suddenly heard someone behind him. Synonym. daydream. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dreaming. be hearing/imagining/seeing things idiom. be miles away idiom. daydreamer. daydreaming. dreamfully. dreamlessly. dreamscape. fantasist. imagination.
: the condition of being lost in thought. Synonyms. daydreaming. study. trance. woolgathering. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of reverie in a Sentence. I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.
Reverie definition: a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. See examples of REVERIE used in a sentence.
Meaning of reverie in English. reverie. noun [ C or U ] literary us / ˈrev.ɚ.i / uk / ˈrev. ə r.i / Add to word list. (a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts: He was lost in reverie until he suddenly heard someone behind him. Synonym. daydream. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dreaming. be hearing/imagining/seeing things idiom.
If you're relaxing on the beach, dreaming of how you will never have to get up and go back to work, you're engaged in a reverie, or pleasant daydream. There's nothing wrong with reverie, but if you follow its path into English, you'll see how closely it is connected to madness.
A reverie is a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, as if you are dreaming.
Definition of reverie noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
