woolgathering

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removed scatterbrained space cadet spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn

alert attentive aware

careless distracted inattentive sloppy

unmindful

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

attentive

mindful recalling remembering retentive

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

absorbed bemused distracted engaged engrossed fascinated forgetful obsessed

absent abstracted bugged daydreaming immersed lost mooning removed spellbound

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

bored disenthralled disinterested indifferent uninterested

existing

observant thoughtful unoccupied

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

careful mindful scrupulous thorough thoughtful

pipe dream reverie

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

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

actuality certainty dislike existence fact hate reality substance truth

reverie

brown study

concentration

indifference neutrality objectivity remoteness

coldness coolness disinterestedness dreaminess impartiality nonpartisanship preoccupation reverie unconcern

brown study incuriosity

attachment bias combination compassion connection interest kindness linkage merger sympathy

aloofness

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

brown study incuriosity

concern sympathy

contemplation fantasy meditation trance

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

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

nightmare