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
Schulman, an optimist as well as an experienced fashion and luxury goods executive, shifted that earth-moving machine into high gear, and quickly began turning the brand’s fortunes around.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Ever the optimist, Kirban is unfazed.
—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But the optimist in me wants to believe that James, at that moment, genuinely wanted to go home and get help.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
More than anything else, though, my dad’s an optimist.
—AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Ever the optimist, Kirban is unfazed.
—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But the optimist in me wants to believe that James, at that moment, genuinely wanted to go home and get help.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
More than anything else, though, my dad’s an optimist.
—AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimist
dreamer
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From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.—
Glenn Garner,
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10 Sep. 2025
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My friend, the late Dr. Dorothy I. Height, once described me as a dreamer with a shovel in my hands.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Optimist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimist. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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