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(Entry 1 of 2)
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
- an idealist attempt to make a go of a mom-and-pop hardware store on Main Street
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- hopeful,
- optimistic,
- Pollyannaish
- (also Pollyannish),
- rosy,
- upbeat
- doctrinaire,
- ideological
- (also ideologic)
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idealist
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of idealist (Entry 2 of 2)
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
- an idealist sees the best in everyone, regardless of how they behave
Synonyms for idealist
- Don Quixote,
- dreamer,
- fantast,
- idealizer,
- ideologue
- (also idealogue),
- romantic,
- romanticist,
- utopian,
- visionary
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“Idealist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealist. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of idealist was in 1803
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