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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Recent Examples of optimist
Caroline Catlin is an unlikely optimist.
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Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2026
As a narrator of her own life, Fanning’s Margo is a forever optimist.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
And yet, the natural optimist in me (that’s Tolkien talking) can’t succumb to literary doomerism.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, optimists are right, even in the Middle East.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2026
As a narrator of her own life, Fanning’s Margo is a forever optimist.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
And yet, the natural optimist in me (that’s Tolkien talking) can’t succumb to literary doomerism.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, optimists are right, even in the Middle East.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for optimist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimist
dreamer
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School arts programs with healthy budgets for every student are integral to our local communities and give inspiration to the next generation of creative dreamers.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Hadestown is comprised of two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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