4
woolgathering(noun, adjective, careless, remote, vague)
3
absorbed(careless, remote, distracted, inattentive, heedless)
3
bemused(careless, remote, distracted, heedless, inattention)
3
careless(adjective, remote, distracted, heedless, scatterbrained)
3
distrait(adjective, careless, remote, distracted, heedless)
3
fantasy(noun, dream, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
3
lost in thought(expression, idiom, inattention, imagining, fantasizing)
3
meditative(adjective, melancholy, thoughtful, pensive)
3
pensive(adjective, melancholy, thoughtful, daydreaming, imagining)
3
pipe dream(noun, expression, idiom, fantasy, dream)
3
unconscious(adjective, careless, remote, vague, distracted)
3
wistful(adjective, melancholy, thoughtful, longing, pensive)
2
absorption(noun, fantasy, dream, thoughtfulness, vagueness)
2
abstraction(noun, fantasy, dream, thoughtfulness, vagueness)
2
ambition
2
asleep(adjective, unconscious)
2
aspiration
2
brown study(noun, expression, dream, daydream, trance)
2
castle-building(noun, fantasy, dream, thoughtfulness, vagueness)
2
daydreamer
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