head-in-the-clouds

1. 1.

   guided by whim and fancy

   “flighty young girls”

   Synonymsflightyflyawayscatterbrained

   Similarfrivolous

Questions about head-in-the-clouds

What does head-in-the-clouds mean?

head-in-the-clouds means "guided by whim and fancy".

How many syllables are in head-in-the-clouds?

head-in-the-clouds has 5 syllables and divides as he-a-d-in--the--clouds under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.