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
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And then there have been the Jamaican dreamers, most notably the Jamaican bobsled team, the subject of the 1993 Disney move Cool Runnings.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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The only Hollywood-on-Hollywood films that tended to score with audiences were built on starry-eyed dreamers achieving their dreams of stardom on the screen, and Sunset Boulevard was the antithesis of that.—
Scott Huver,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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For an unrivaled romantic (or solitary) escape, Mandapa’s 23 one-bedroom pool villas exude comfort and ambience galore.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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With so many Queen Anne and Regency buildings, this whole area screams period drama: channel your inner romantic with a visit to a historic home like Keats House (where poet John Keats lived) or Fenton House, with its picturesque walled garden.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
24 June 2025
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“Fantast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantast. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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