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
Very little that’s good ever happens without an optimist at the helm.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
The optimist will see a group that went from the fringes of the playoff discussion to the top of the Eastern Conference, primarily on the backs of players whose best hockey would seem to be in front of them.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 May 2025
But a number of optimists see virtue in that speed to market.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Ultimately, the optimists prevailed: Washington allowed Beijing to join the WTO in 2001.
—Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
The optimist will see a group that went from the fringes of the playoff discussion to the top of the Eastern Conference, primarily on the backs of players whose best hockey would seem to be in front of them.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 May 2025
But a number of optimists see virtue in that speed to market.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Ultimately, the optimists prevailed: Washington allowed Beijing to join the WTO in 2001.
—Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimist
dreamer
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At a Los Angeles house party, an aspiring musician pursues her crush through a crowd of hopeful dreamers chasing empty promises.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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For all the dreamers out there, Sterling K. Brown’s got the summertime TV escape for you.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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