Synonyms of dreamer

dreamer

noun

ˈdrē-mər 

as in romantic

one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world

a dreamer who believes that war doesn't have to be part of the human condition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• romantic
• idealist
• idealizer
• optimist
• romanticist
• visionary
• theorist
• Don Quixote
• daydreamer
• ideologue
• utopian
• reformer
• fantast
• sentimentalist
• Pollyanna
• perfectionist
• emotionalist
• thinker
• Micawber
• fantasizer
• do-gooder
• woolgatherer
• doctrinaire

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realist
• pragmatist
• cynic
• pessimist
• defeatist
• empiricist
• hardnose
• empiric

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dreamer

At a time when so many of us were trying our damnedest to avoid the draft, Oliver was an idealistic dreamer whose desire for adventure led him to enlist in the army. — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

When veteran producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler offer him a check for $300,000, around $2 million today when adjusted for inflation, the young dreamer says no. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

Among its most memorable attractions is a historic railroad that once carried artists and archaeologists, dreamers and scientists, some of whom traveled on the train incognito before participating in the top-secret Manhattan Project. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026

The Holbrook sisters are undersocialized and inexperienced with the world, and Herzog sees them as figures out of a fable, dreamers who talk incessantly about love and seem connected to the elemental and the ancient. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026