dreamer
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Synonyms
Don Quixote, fantast, idealist, idealizer, ideologue (also idealogue), romantic, romanticist, utopian, visionary
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Then again, the EV business is dominated by dreamers, most notably Tesla’s Elon Musk, and companies like China’s BYD are seeing strong returns on their investment in electric cars. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "The Tesla of Thailand is also an electric utility," 30 June 2019 After two hours and 40 minutes, when the dreamers promised the high-speed train would be in Los Angeles, the slow speed train is only just south of Stockton. — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, "Who needs high-speed rail? California already has a slow train to nowhere," 29 June 2019 The issue of dreamers and college tuition has long been controversial in Arizona. — Anne Ryman, azcentral, "Community colleges don't plan to appeal ruling denying in-state tuition to DACA students," 22 May 2018 Cook said those everyday heroes are the women of the #MeToo movement, the Parkland high school students and others across the country demanding safe schools and those standing up for dreamers and immigrants. — Anna Beahm, AL.com, ""Our work is not done"; Apple CEO Tim Cook honored with Human Rights award at Keeper of the Dream banquet," 4 Apr. 2018 There’s Imperial, gritty Imperial County itself, millions of Mexican descent, small-town dreamers with more moxie than money. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Boxing champ Andy Ruiz Jr. rewrites script for Imperial, himself," 21 June 2019 Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to come out and support me and all the other dreamers out here in Nashville. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Where Is Jed Wyatt From The Bachelorette Now?," 18 June 2019 The portrait that emerges is complex and generally favorable: DeLorean as colorful American dreamer, an optimist and an electrifying original. — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, "Who could play the flamboyant car maker in 'Framing John DeLorean?' How about Alec Baldwin," 12 June 2019 Wilentz casts the Garrisonians as naive dreamers whose ideological purity stymied their political influence. — Nicholas Guyatt, The New York Review of Books, "How Proslavery Was the Constitution?," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dreamer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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