✅ Daydream means to spend time imagining a pleasant and engaging fantasy to the degree that you’re not engaged with the world around you (He tends to daydream in class).

✅ Woolgather means to daydream or to be otherwise lost in your own head to the point of absentmindedness (Could you repeat that? I was woolgathering).

✅ Daydream and woolgather both mean to imagine or fantasize about something, especially when you should be paying attention to something else.

✅ Woolgather is a less common word than daydream and suggests drifting from one thought to another, as if gathering sheep's wool caught on branches, while daydream suggests focusing on a particular fantasy.

These synonyms will give you something to think about next time you’re woolgathering!

✅ Imagine means to form a mental image of something that isn’t present or to picture events that aren’t happening (She imagined a dragon appearing over the city).

✅ Fantasize means to think up fanciful, unlikely, and extravagant things and events (Fantasize about the mansion you would build if you won the lottery).

✅ Fantasize and imagine both mean to think about fictional or unlikely scenarios and situations, especially to pass time or to entertain yourself.

✅ Imagine is more general. Fantasize especially suggests thinking about an unlikely situation that is in some way linked to reality rather than wholly fictional.

Tell us about a dream house that you fantasize about owning with the help of Grammar Coach!

✅ Rebirth refers to something having a new life or a renewed existence or growth (the rebirth of superhero movies).

✅ Revival refers to restoring something to life, use, or relevance (a revival of 1990s fashion).

✅ Rebirth and revival both refer to bringing something back, but revival emphasizes doing so actively, whereas rebirth is more passive, implying something coming back on its own.

Some of these synonyms deserve a revival!