All woolgathering synonyms

adjective woolgathering

• heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
• inattentive — not attentive; negligent.
• inconscient — unconscious.
• lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
• mooning — the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
• moony — dreamy, listless, or silly.
• oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
• out to lunch — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
• preoccupied — completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
• remote — far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
• removed — remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
• scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
• space cadet — a person who appears to be in his or her own world or out of touch with reality.
• spacey — spaced-out (def 2).
• surroundings — something that surrounds.
• unconscious — not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
• unheeding — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
• unmindful — not mindful; unaware; heedless; forgetful; careless; neglectful: unmindful of obligations.
• observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
• unthinking — thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate: an unthinking, tactless person.
• withdrawn — past participle of withdraw.
• sloppy — muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
• 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.
• amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.
• lax — not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline.
• neglectful — characterized by neglect; disregardful; careless; negligent (often followed by of): neglectful of one's health.
• negligent — guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
• nirvanic — (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.
• out of it — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
• remiss — negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: He's terribly remiss in his work.
• slack — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
• unwitting — inadvertent; unintentional; accidental: His insult, though unwitting, pained her.
• engaged — Busy; occupied.
• fascinated — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
• obsessed — having an obsession (usually followed by with or by): He is obsessed with eliminating guilt.
• bugged — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
• immersed — plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid.
• spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
• asleep — Someone who is asleep is sleeping.
• deep — If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.
• hung up — Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals.
• intent — something that is intended; purpose; design; intention: The original intent of the committee was to raise funds.
• lost in thought — Being preoccupied with one's thoughts rather than paying attention to reality.
• rapt — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
• unaware — not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
• thoughtless — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
• behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
• culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
• delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
• derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.