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fantasizer

noun

as in woolgatherer

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  1. Don Quixote
  2. daydreamer
  3. romantic
  4. sentimentalist
  5. optimist
Noun
  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote — films that traded for decades on the mystique of never quite existing.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Bruno Mars and Don Quixote collaboration is a good example.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of Don Quixote
Noun
  • 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
Definition of daydreamer
Noun
  • Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Many researchers and romantics alike believe this could be one of the earliest depictions of human affection.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of romantic
Noun
  • That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of sentimentalist
Noun
  • For the optimists, the good news is the Cubs hold the tiebreaker over all three of the other teams competing for the wild card.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Bill Gates has generally been an AI optimist.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of optimist
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“Fantasizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasizer. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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