fantasizer

noun

as in woolgatherer

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  1. Don Quixote
  2. daydreamer
  3. romantic
  4. sentimentalist
  5. optimist
Noun
  • Some of the building’s 22 existing murals could be removed as part of the changes, potentially including one depicting Don Quixote.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote — films that traded for decades on the mystique of never quite existing.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 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
  • Sorry to all the hopeless romantics, but the answer is TAP-DANCED.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of romantic
Noun
  • That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of sentimentalist
Noun
  • But there are still optimists who point out the potential upside is still vast.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • My favourite part of this exercise is seeing the distribution of optimists and pessimists.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of optimist
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