SENTIMENTALIST Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

sentimentalist

noun

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as in idealist

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Recent Examples of sentimentalist That appeals to the sentimentalist in me. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Rose is a helper, an idealist desperate for a better world, which for her means decarbonizing the economy by building a better society in the process.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
An idealist could view the competing chatter as throat-clearing typical of a high-stakes labor negotiation.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of idealist

Noun

The versatility, the intelligence, the playmaking and that ineffable ability to win — the Frenchman was a basketball romantic’s dream.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Now these two romantics, who remain at large, are being looked for by the Leicestershire Police.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of romantic

Noun

But in recent history, the Spanish national soccer team has repeatedly wrecked the plans of dreamers and screenwriters.

— Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Definition of dreamer

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Even after a string of recent victories in congressional primaries by members of the Democratic Socialists of America, national Democrats appear slow to recognize that ideologues on the left are attempting a hostile takeover of the party.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
For the rest, Lina Ghotmeh is not an ideologue, in contrast to what French architecture seems increasingly to be moving toward.

— TIME, Time, 1 July 2026

Definition of ideologue

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