| Main Entry: | moon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Earth' s satellite |
Synonyms: |
celestial body, crescent, full moon, half-moon, heavenly body, new moon, old moon, orb of night, planetoid, pumpkin, quarter-moon, satellite |
| Main Entry: | moon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream about; desire |
Synonyms: |
daydream, idle, languish, mope, pine, waste time, yearn |
Antonyms: |
abhor, despise, dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | bemuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, bewilder, daydream, daze, gather wool, moon, muddle, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, pipe dream, puzzle, stun, stupefy |
| Notes: | the first meaning of amuse was 'to divert the attention of in order to mislead,' 'delude, deceive' and now means 'entertain, make smile or laugh'; bemuse means 'confuse, bewilder, puzzle' |
Antonyms: |
clear up, enlighten, explain, illuminate, tell |
| Main Entry: | daydream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up fantasy |
Synonyms: |
build castles in air, conceive, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, imagine, moon, muse, pipe dream, stargaze, trip out, woolgather |
| Main Entry: | fantasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream about desires |
Synonyms: |
build castles in air, daydream, envision, hallucinate, head trip, imagine, invent, live in a dream world, moon, romance, trip out, woolgather |
| Main Entry: | gaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at |
Synonyms: |
admire, beam*, bore*, contemplate, eye, eyeball, gape, gawk, get a load of, get an eyeful, glare, gloat, inspect, lamp, look, look fixedly, moon*, observe, ogle, peek, peep, peer, pin, pipe, regard, rubber, rubberneck, scrutinize, see, size up, survey, take in*, view, watch, wonder |
| Main Entry: | meditate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate |
Synonyms: |
brood over, cogitate, consider, deliberate, design, devise, dream, entertain idea, figure, have in mind, intend, moon*, mull over, muse, plan, ponder, purpose, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, say to oneself, scheme, speculate, study, think, think deeply, think over, track, view, weigh |
Antonyms: |
dismiss, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | mope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pout, be dejected |
Synonyms: |
ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth, be gloomy, be in a funk, bleed, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine away, regret, repine, sink, stew over, sulk, sweat over, waste time, wear a long face, yearn |
Antonyms: |
be elated, be happy |
| Main Entry: | mull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
Synonyms: |
brood over, chaw, consider, contemplate, delay, deliberate, examine, figure, hammer away at, linger, meditate, moon*, muse on, ponder, pore over, procrastinate, rack one's brains, reflect, review, revolve, ruminate, stew over, study, sweat over, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | muse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about, dream |
Synonyms: |
be lost in thought, brood, build castles in air, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, feel, meditate, moon*, mull over, percolate, ponder, puzzle over, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, think, think over, turn over, weigh |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |