as in romantics
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
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Recent Examples of dreamers
Manufacturing scale will separate winners from dreamers.
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Ravin Gandhi, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
Such psychedelic experience is echoed in a local belief that the forest spirit appears to dreamers in the form of a tiger.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
While the study was small, the team saw signs that dreaming about a puzzle was linked to being able to solve it the following morning–although, intriguingly, normal dreamers were more successful than lucid ones.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
Shenzhen is likened to a vibrant harbor for dreamers, and the hotel is pulling off the feat of becoming a gathering place for tech professionals and financial elites.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
To be in Miami during Art Basel is to experience an energy that can only be described as electric—full of artists, visionaries, creators, and dreamers from every corner of the globe.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Then, dreamers believed Lindsey Vonn, skating with a torn ACL, could navigate the women’s downhill to the medal podium.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
But today there’s something refreshingly unusual about electronic music so unabashedly idealistic, something that declines to submit to reality and instead goes searching for some far-off nirvana, finding connections to other dreamers on the way.
—Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
Ravin Gandhi, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
Such psychedelic experience is echoed in a local belief that the forest spirit appears to dreamers in the form of a tiger.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
While the study was small, the team saw signs that dreaming about a puzzle was linked to being able to solve it the following morning–although, intriguingly, normal dreamers were more successful than lucid ones.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
Shenzhen is likened to a vibrant harbor for dreamers, and the hotel is pulling off the feat of becoming a gathering place for tech professionals and financial elites.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
To be in Miami during Art Basel is to experience an energy that can only be described as electric—full of artists, visionaries, creators, and dreamers from every corner of the globe.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Then, dreamers believed Lindsey Vonn, skating with a torn ACL, could navigate the women’s downhill to the medal podium.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
But today there’s something refreshingly unusual about electronic music so unabashedly idealistic, something that declines to submit to reality and instead goes searching for some far-off nirvana, finding connections to other dreamers on the way.
—Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamers
romantics
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For the romantics who fall fast and get attached quickly, the early stages of dating are rarely casual—and can feel as if they’re designed to hurt.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2026
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The dining room — lined with comfy booths and bedecked with Grandmillennial art — is a spectrum of stroller-pushers, youthful friend groups and silver-haired romantics.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Dreamers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamers. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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