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WOOLGATHERER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming

Synonyms:

daydreamer; woolgatherer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("woolgatherer" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "woolgatherer"):

lotus-eater; stargazer (someone indifferent to the busy world)

dreamer; escapist; wishful thinker (a person who escapes into a world of fantasy)

Derivation:

woolgather (have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy)

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