DAYDREAMER Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

daydreamer

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as in dreamer

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Recent Examples of daydreamer John Beltran is Detroit techno’s foremost daydreamer. — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026 The chronic daydreamer can easily identify with Catherine’s near-delusional longing for something to happen beyond the courtships and evenings around the pianoforte that seem to make up the better part of her future. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, based on James Thurber’s 1939 short story, starred Ben Stiller in the role of the daydreamer made famous by Danny Kaye in the 1947 Samuel Goldwyn original. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025 As custom, the season will follow a brand new member of the Bridgerton family on their quest to find love, this time chronicling the charming and equally complex relationship between artsy daydreamer Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and pragmatic maid Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha). — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025

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San Francisco Playhouse is currently presenting the musical, helmed by company artistic director Bill English (with Phaedra Tillery-Boughton credited as associate director) and starring Ella Ruth Francis as the indefatigable dreamer Tracy Turnblad.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Dolly also opened doors for generations of singers, songwriters, musicians and dreamers from every walk of life and across every continent.

— Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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Many researchers and romantics alike believe this could be one of the earliest depictions of human affection.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro, the rom-com follows two hopeless romantics who spark a connection on the one night of the year singles are legally allowed to have sex.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

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