dreamy

dreamy
adj
1. notional, fanciful, whimsical, quixotic, romantic, poetic, rapt; visionary, idealistic, Utopian.
2. thoughtful, speculative, pensive; abstracted, in a brown study, absent-minded, preoccupied; feather-headed, featherbrained, scatterbrained, Inf. dizzy, Sl. out to lunch, Sl. out in left field.
3. vague, dim, indistinct, faint, shadowy; ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, diaphanous, gossamer; insubstantial, immaterial, incorporeal, asomatous, discar-nate, bodiless; spectral, chimerical, dreamlike, intangible, impalpable; illusory, fictitious, fantastic, imaginary.
4. drowsy, sleepy, somnolent, lethargic; lackadaisical, listless, dull, torpid, comatose.
5. soothing, calming, quieting, refreshing; restful, tranquil, peaceful.
6.Informal. wonderful, marvelous, terrific, fabulous, heavenly.

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