Definitions

in the clouds

ADJECTIVE

alpine

Synonyms

WEAK

aerial elevated high high-reaching lofty montane mountainous rangy snowcapped soaring towering

ADJECTIVE

ideal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

unattainable unreal

STRONG

abstract hypothetical imaginary intellectual utopian visionary

WEAK

chimerical dreamlike extravagant fanciful fictitious high-flown ivory-tower mental mercurial notional out of reach quixotic theoretical transcendent transcendental unearthly

Antonyms

WEAK

practical pragmatic

ADJECTIVE

visionary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambitious grandiose idealistic introspective lofty noble quixotic radical starry-eyed

STRONG

daydreaming dreaming ideal idealist imaginary musing utopian

WEAK

abstracted astral chimerical delusory dreamy exalted fanciful fantastic illusory impractical otherworldly pretentious prophetic speculative unreal unrealistic unworkable unworldly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

moderate

STRONG

real

WEAK

practical realistic unromantic

Example Sentences

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As Eran Shalev, a professor of history at Haifa University, shows in “The Star-Spangled Republic,” Lemen was hardly the only patriot with his head in the clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal

The lesson continues for a while, but I’m in the clouds.

From Literature

He said he was "watching the weather forecast like a hawk" before finally getting a gap in the clouds and his chance to take his photo.

From BBC

But the process doesn't always work and is dependent on the right amount of moisture and humidity in the clouds to allow for ice nuclei to form.

From BBC

The trial is likely to be repeated in the coming weeks after the moisture levels in the clouds increases again, Delhi's Environment Minister Manjinder Sirsa told reporters.

From BBC

in the clouds

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