All absentmindedness synonyms

noun absentmindedness

• preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
• absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
• abstraction — An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.
• distraction — the act of distracting.
• dreaminess — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
• forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
• heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
• inattention — lack of attention; negligence.
• lethe — Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
• amnesia — If someone is suffering from amnesia, they have lost their memory.
• blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
• blank — Something that is blank has nothing on it.
• carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
• fugue — Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
• laxness — Halldór Kiljan [hahl-dohr kil-yahn] /ˈhɑl doʊr ˈkɪl yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Icelandic writer: Nobel Prize 1955.
• limbo — (often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
• negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
• nirvana — (often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
• oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
• obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
• paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
• repression — the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
• suppression — the act of suppressing.
• hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
• daydream — A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
• contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation
• fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
• meditation — the act of meditating.
• trance — a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
• detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
• dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
• muse — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
• musing — absorbed in thought; meditative.
• pensiveness — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
• phantasy — fantasy.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• thought — Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.
• trip — a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
• woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
• absent-minded — Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.
• castles in the air — plural of castle in the air.
• fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
• head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.