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
Across cultures and centuries, constellations have been used to explain myths, guide travelers, and inspire dreamers.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2025
The Audacity will star Billy Magnussen and Zach Galifianakis, and revolve around everyone in the orbit of tech’s Disneyland, from the makers and dreamers to the billionaires and bosses.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 27 Dec. 2025
The state still draws dreamers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Our country has been built by immigrants, refugees, dreamers and fighters—people who came here driven by hope and the belief that a better life was possible.
—Grace Meng, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The trail traces nearly 100 miles of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, a route that once carried traders, settlers, and dreamers westward during America’s frontier expansion.
—Erin Gifford, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
In January, Zapata will open a flight center near Las Vegas, where dreamers can fly on a geofenced track that winds around the roughly 50-acre property.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Throughout the 1970s, as much as Nicholson’s rebels or Beatty’s hopeless romantics, Keaton’s optimistic dreamers repeatedly collided with the realities of the times, measuring the distance between what the counterculture thought was possible and what the world would actually allow.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2025
The Audacity will star Billy Magnussen and Zach Galifianakis, and revolve around everyone in the orbit of tech’s Disneyland, from the makers and dreamers to the billionaires and bosses.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 27 Dec. 2025
The state still draws dreamers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Our country has been built by immigrants, refugees, dreamers and fighters—people who came here driven by hope and the belief that a better life was possible.
—Grace Meng, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The trail traces nearly 100 miles of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, a route that once carried traders, settlers, and dreamers westward during America’s frontier expansion.
—Erin Gifford, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
In January, Zapata will open a flight center near Las Vegas, where dreamers can fly on a geofenced track that winds around the roughly 50-acre property.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Throughout the 1970s, as much as Nicholson’s rebels or Beatty’s hopeless romantics, Keaton’s optimistic dreamers repeatedly collided with the realities of the times, measuring the distance between what the counterculture thought was possible and what the world would actually allow.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamers
romantics
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From a story about two rival soldiers falling in love to a weatherman determined to make his holiday romance count, there is no shortage of offerings for all sorts of romantics.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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Rialto Cinema is for cinephiles, art film nerds, hopeless romantics, comedy nuts, thrill seekers, and anyone else looking to find entertainment in a dark room surrounded by strangers as a movie is beamed onto the big screen.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Dreamers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamers. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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