as in dreamer
a person who usually expects good things to happen
You have to be a bit of an optimist to start a business. Somehow he remained an optimist despite all that had happened to him.
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Financial optimists argue that millions of barrels currently trapped in floating storage will immediately flood the market the moment a ceasefire is signed.
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Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The optimist — and what other kind of person is there on Opening Day?
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Caroline Catlin is an unlikely optimist.
—Maggie Penman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
An optimist and networker with Harpo Marx hair, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2023 for helping invent the HTTPS encryption system and was among the first to take AI seriously, back when AI seemed even more insane.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
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Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The optimist — and what other kind of person is there on Opening Day?
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Caroline Catlin is an unlikely optimist.
—Maggie Penman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
An optimist and networker with Harpo Marx hair, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2023 for helping invent the HTTPS encryption system and was among the first to take AI seriously, back when AI seemed even more insane.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimist
dreamer
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This is a city of dreamers and strivers, so come, bask in their glow, and enjoy a few days of that golden life for yourself.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
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Those crazy, diverse individuals, that tribe of oddballs and eccentrics, dreamers, and gamblers who make up this business.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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