as in romantic
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
a dreamer who believes that war doesn't have to be part of the human condition
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Recent Examples of dreamer
And then there have been the Jamaican dreamers, most notably the Jamaican bobsled team, the subject of the 1993 Disney move Cool Runnings.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The only Hollywood-on-Hollywood films that tended to score with audiences were built on starry-eyed dreamers achieving their dreams of stardom on the screen, and Sunset Boulevard was the antithesis of that.
—Scott Huver, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The concept explores how dreamers fall into cycles of sleepless obsession, chasing the figure across dreams in an endless trance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2025
But Eugenio Derbez — star and executive producer of the bilingual hit series — wants viewers to remember Máximo in the show's fourth and final season as a dreamer who also represents the moxie and creativity of hardworking Mexicans.
—Arturo Conde, NBC news, 23 July 2025
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The only Hollywood-on-Hollywood films that tended to score with audiences were built on starry-eyed dreamers achieving their dreams of stardom on the screen, and Sunset Boulevard was the antithesis of that.
—Scott Huver, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The concept explores how dreamers fall into cycles of sleepless obsession, chasing the figure across dreams in an endless trance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2025
But Eugenio Derbez — star and executive producer of the bilingual hit series — wants viewers to remember Máximo in the show's fourth and final season as a dreamer who also represents the moxie and creativity of hardworking Mexicans.
—Arturo Conde, NBC news, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamer
Noun
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That reasoning helped anchor the setting for The Paper inside the office of a newspaper with dwindling resources, a beleaguered staff, and a boss whose belief in the institution borders on the romantic.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This book is the perfect read for hopeless romantics and for those who believe that love and healing have the power to transcend lifetimes.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
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Fifteen years later, Brooks is back with a story about a young idealist trying to balance a professional life in politics with her wacky family.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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Feng’s subjects are largely idealists who engage in activities that eventually run afoul of Xi’s increasingly repressive regime.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Dreamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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