noun
- a person who indulges in idle daydreaming or impractical fantasizing
Usage: often implies someone who is absent-minded or not focused on practical matters
Examples
- The teacher called him a woolgatherer because he was always staring out the window.
- She’s such a woolgatherer that she forgot about the meeting entirely.
- His reputation as a woolgatherer made his colleagues doubt his ability to handle practical tasks.
- The novel’s protagonist is a charming woolgatherer who lives in a world of imagination.
- Don’t be such a woolgatherer—we need to focus on the budget proposal.
- Her friends affectionately called her a woolgatherer for her tendency to drift into fantasy.