as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
yet another short-lived utopian community that was the brainchild of a naive fantast
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Recent Examples of fantast
Last month, Deadline reported that Charli is also joining Julia Jackman’s period fantast 100 Nights of Hero.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
Don't arraign the liars and fantasts who brought on the ruin that is the Iraq war.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2013
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
Don't arraign the liars and fantasts who brought on the ruin that is the Iraq war.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantast
Noun
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Milo is described as a dreamer who loves to play in the snow.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Not seeing us at all — as parents, neighbors, teachers, leads, lovers, screw‑ups, dreamers — damages us.—
Gloria Calderon Kellett,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Learning to separate fantasy from reality can be uncomfortable, especially for hopeless romantics.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Japan romantics may be overlooking some clear drawbacks, however, including the 30 years of economic struggles that followed the bursting of a truly epic bubble in the 1990s.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Fantast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantast. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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