dreamer

dream·er

noun \ˈdrē-mər\

Definition of DREAMER

1

: one that dreams

2

a : one who lives in a world of fancy and imagination b : one who has ideas or conceives projects regarded as impractical : visionary

Examples of DREAMER

1. I am a realist, but my sister is a dreamer.
2. Some dreamers talk in their sleep to the people in their dreams.

First Known Use of DREAMER

14th century

Related to DREAMER

Synonyms: Don Quixote, idealist, fantast, idealizer, ideologue (also idealogue), romantic, romanticist, utopian, visionary

Antonyms: hardnose, pragmatist, realist

Related Words: emotionalist, sentimentalist; daydreamer, fantasizer, woolgatherer; Micawber, optimist, Pollyanna; do-gooder, reformer; perfectionist; doctrinaire, theorist, thinker

Near Antonyms: cynic, defeatist, pessimist; empiric, empiricist

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Rhymes with DREAMER

creamer, femur, lemur, reamer, schemer, screamer, seamer, steamer, streamer