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Definitions

woolgathering

[wool-gath-er-ing] / ˈwʊlˌgæð ər ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

absent-minded

Synonyms

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absent absorbed abstracted airheaded bemused careless distracted distrait dreaming dreamy engrossed faraway forgetful goofing off head in the clouds heedless inattentive inconscient lost mooning moony oblivious out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remote removed scatterbrained space cadet spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn

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WEAK

alert attentive aware

ADJECTIVE

forgetful

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careless distracted inattentive sloppy

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unmindful

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absent absent-minded abstracted airheaded amnemonic amnesic asleep on the job bemused dreamy heedless lax like an absent-minded professor looking out window mooning moony neglectful negligent nirvanic not on the job oblivious out of it out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remiss slack unwitting

Antonyms

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attentive

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mindful recalling remembering retentive

ADJECTIVE

moony

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abstracted astral calming chimerical daydreaming excellent fanciful fantastic gentle idealistic imaginary immaterial impractical intangible introspective introvertive lulling marvelous misty musing mythical nightmarish otherworldly out of this world pensive phantasmagoric phantasmagorical preoccupied quixotic relaxing shadowy soothing speculative unreal unsubstantial utopian vague visionary whimsical

ADJECTIVE

preoccupied

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absorbed bemused distracted engaged engrossed fascinated forgetful obsessed

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absent abstracted bugged daydreaming immersed lost mooning removed spellbound

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absent-minded airheaded asleep deep distrait faraway have on the brain heedless hung up inconscient intent lost in thought moony oblivious rapt spread-out taken up unaware wrapped-up

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bored disenthralled disinterested indifferent uninterested

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existing

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observant thoughtful unoccupied

ADJECTIVE

remiss

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any old way any which way asleep at switch asleep on job behindhand culpable daydreaming defaultant delinquent derelict dilatory disregardful fainéant forgetful heedless inattentive indifferent indolent lackadaisical lax lazy neglectful negligent regardless slack slapdash slipshod sloppy slothful slow tardy uninterested unmindful

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careful mindful scrupulous thorough thoughtful

NOUN

daydream

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pipe dream reverie

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conceiving dream fancy fancying imagination imagining musing phantasm phantasy stargazing trip vision wish

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castle in the air figment of imagination fond hope fool's paradise head trip in a zone mind trip pie in the sky

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actuality certainty dislike existence fact hate reality substance truth

NOUN

daydreaming

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reverie

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brown study

Antonyms

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concentration

NOUN

detachment

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indifference neutrality objectivity remoteness

STRONG

coldness coolness disinterestedness dreaminess impartiality nonpartisanship preoccupation reverie unconcern

WEAK

brown study incuriosity

Antonyms

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attachment bias combination compassion connection interest kindness linkage merger sympathy

NOUN

remoteness

Synonyms

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aloofness

STRONG

coldness coolness disinterestedness distance dreaminess impartiality indifference neutrality nonpartisanship objectivity preoccupation reverie unconcern

WEAK

brown study incuriosity

Antonyms

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concern sympathy

NOUN

reverie

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contemplation fantasy meditation trance

STRONG

absorption abstraction detachment dreaminess dreaming inattention muse musing pensiveness phantasy preoccupation study thought trip

WEAK

absent-mindedness castle-building castles in the air fool's paradise head trip mind trip pipe dream

Antonyms

WEAK

nightmare

Example Sentences

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But such are the longueurs of this would-be slam-bang blockbuster directed by Robert Schwentke, that it sure does inspire woolgathering.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021

I listened to their woolgathering for a while, and then some artillery rumbled in the distance.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2014

Most people spend between 30 and 47 percent of their waking hours spacing out, drifting off, lost in thought, woolgathering, in a brown study or building castles in the air.

From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2014

At Gowen Field, Idaho, the bugler, woolgathering, pursed his lips at 11 p.m. for taps, blew the wrong call, sent some 5,000 men scrambling for the mess hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

woolgathering

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