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
In refreshing contrast, David Corenswet's Supes is the eternal optimist; an earnest Kansas farm boy who insists on seeing the best in humanity.
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 11 July 2025
An optimist might say that perhaps people will become more sophisticated in their understanding of psychology.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
For one thing, Stevens has presented himself as an optimist during his entire Boston experience, beginning in 2013 when then-president of basketball operations Danny Ainge recruited him from Butler to coach the Celtics.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist and climate advocate, does not identify as an optimist.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 11 July 2025
An optimist might say that perhaps people will become more sophisticated in their understanding of psychology.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
For one thing, Stevens has presented himself as an optimist during his entire Boston experience, beginning in 2013 when then-president of basketball operations Danny Ainge recruited him from Butler to coach the Celtics.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist and climate advocate, does not identify as an optimist.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimist
dreamer
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And then like really curious, really open-minded, a dreamer.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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But Eugenio Derbez — star and executive producer of the bilingual hit series — wants viewers to remember Máximo in the show's fourth and final season as a dreamer who also represents the moxie and creativity of hardworking Mexicans.—
Arturo Conde,
NBC news,
23 July 2025
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