reverie

noun
UK /ˈrɛvəri/
US /ˈrɛvəri/

A reverie is when you are awake but daydreaming and not paying attention to what is around you.

She sat by the window lost in a reverie about her summer vacation.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A state of being pleasantly lost in your own thoughts.

The music sent him into a gentle reverie.

3. A fanciful or dreamy piece of music or writing.

The composer wrote a short reverie for piano.

4. The act of thinking deeply and quietly about something.

Her reverie on the past lasted all afternoon.