Entry Word: idealist

Function: noun

Meaning: one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world <an idealist sees the best in everyone, regardless of how they behave>

Synonyms dreamer, romantic, romanticist, utopian, visionary

Related Words sentimentalist; daydreamer, optimist, theorist; perfectionist; thinker

Near Antonyms cynic, defeatist, pessimist

Antonyms pragmatist, realist