Meanings
nounrevery (countable and uncountable, plural reveries)
plural reveries
- countabledateduncountableDated form of reverie.
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, / One clover, and a bee, / And revery. / The revery alone will do, / If bees are few.
a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “To make a prairie”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd, editors, Poems, Third Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1896, page 119
Synonyms & antonyms
nounabsentminded dreaming while awake
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
APA
revery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revery
MLA
“revery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revery. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revery.
Source: revery on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.