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
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is a seasoned optimist.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
An optimist might say this was a wake-up call.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Their mini-quests provide a bit of decent action here and there, as well as plenty of principled banter between a blinkered optimist (Lucy) and jaded doomsayer (Ghoul).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
But Hope Studios founder Fredrik Wikström Nicastro remains an optimist.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
An optimist might say this was a wake-up call.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Their mini-quests provide a bit of decent action here and there, as well as plenty of principled banter between a blinkered optimist (Lucy) and jaded doomsayer (Ghoul).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
But Hope Studios founder Fredrik Wikström Nicastro remains an optimist.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimist
dreamer
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And then there is the dreamer artist and author who at 50 dropped everything and joined the Peace Corps.—
David Kravet,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2026
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From noirs to Hollywood rises (and falls) to neighborhood dreamers, Los Angeles is always ready for its close-up.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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