SENTIMENTALISTS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

sentimentalists

noun

plural of sentimentalist

as in romanticists

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentimentalists

Noun

Sorry to all the hopeless romantics, but the answer is TAP-DANCED.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of romantics

Noun

At its core, Dark Matter is a series about the folly and hubris of humankind, even when — nay, especially when — idealists have the power to achieve transformative change.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
The campaign, which has highlighted divides over support for Israel, is a show for moderates against progressives, insiders against outsiders and pragmatists against idealists.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of idealists

Noun

The utopians invent paradise and the dystopians invent hell.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of utopians

Noun

Among its most memorable attractions is a historic railroad that once carried artists and archaeologists, dreamers and scientists, some of whom traveled on the train incognito before participating in the top-secret Manhattan Project.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
The Holbrook sisters are undersocialized and inexperienced with the world, and Herzog sees them as figures out of a fable, dreamers who talk incessantly about love and seem connected to the elemental and the ancient.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreamers

Noun

That silence has enabled grifting racial ideologues like Le Batard to make such claims with increasing regularity.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
After all, even if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028, the companies empowered by federal money and the ideologues who have taken over institutions will continue to influence Congress and voters.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ideologues

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

sentimentalist

sentimentalists

sentimentality

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Sentimentalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentimentalists. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of sentimentalists

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

fungible

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes