oneirism

Other forms of oneirism

plural

oneirisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oneirism

What does oneirism mean?

oneirism means "absentminded dreaming while awake".

How many syllables are in oneirism?

oneirism has 3 syllables: o-nei-rism. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for oneirism?

Close synonyms include reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, air castle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oneirism a common word?

oneirism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.