Synonyms of optimists

optimists

noun

plural of optimist

as in dreamers

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.

Related Words

• dreamers
• romantics
• idealizers
• idealists
• Pollyannas
• utopians
• romanticists
• sentimentalists
• visionaries
• ideologues
• Micawbers
• daydreamers
• Don Quixotes
• emotionalists
• theorists
• fantasts
• perfectionists
• reformers
• thinkers
• do-gooders
• fantasizers
• woolgatherers
• doctrinaires

Dissimilar Words

• pessimists
• cynics
• defeatists
• realists
• empiricists
• pragmatists
• empirics
• hardnoses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of optimists

Now the rot is right there on the surface; the people smiling are less likely to be clueless optimists than the people who are happy about the rot, or profiting from it. — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

That gloom extends far beyond assessments of the current time period; the Post/Ipsos poll found that 59% of Americans doubt their family's ability to improve their standard of living, outnumbering optimists by nearly 20 points. — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 29 July 2026

The optimists in our midst are hoping for a big improvement on that and that one or both of them will land in the nine-to-16 range, but more than half of y’all are thinking bottom half of the league, and that’s more defensible. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Finally, of course, there are the ambitious optimists, people betting that fresh leadership will shake CNN out of it slumber (and give themselves a high-profile role to help achieve those goals). — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Reading rates might fluctuate, but optimists argue that the long arc of history points toward universal literacy. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

China has long been a nation of techno-optimists, and not just because software and engineering — from smartphones to high-speed trains to drone deliveries — have radically improved life across the country in the span of a single generation. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

In the great debate over how to address the national debt crisis, optimists suggest that expanding the economy is preferable to cutting federal spending. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Some optimists even see hints of a ’60s-style resurgence with bright young filmmakers creating smart young movies. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026