dreamy synonyms

dreamy

modif.

  1. Given to dreaming

    visionary, daydreaming, whimsical, fanciful, impractical, given to reverie, abstracted, musing, introspective, in a reverie, introversive, not of this world, otherworldly, idealistic, utopian, romantic, quixotic, starry-eyed; see also absent-minded, impractical.

    Antonyms practical*, active*, down-to-earth*, realistic. *

  2. Suggestive of a dream

    illusory, dreamlike, vague, dim, indefinite, indistinct, soothing, restful, soft, misty, intangible, fantastic, visionary, phantasmagoric, surreal, nightmarish; see also imaginary, impractical, unreal.

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