Definitions of dreamer
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someone who is dreaming
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a person who escapes into a world of fantasy
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synonyms:
escapist, wishful thinker
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type of:
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daydreamer, woolgatherer
someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
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daydreamer, woolgatherer
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someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
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synonyms:
idealist
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types:
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Don Quixote
any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)
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romantic
a soulful or amorous idealist
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type of:
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visionary
a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
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Don Quixote
Pronunciation
US
/ˈdrimər/
UK
/ˈdrimə/
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