dreamer
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈdriːmər/
:
soñador
- Many people regard him as a dreamer because he prefers to think about new ideas rather than practical solutions.
- a utopian dreamer
Every profession that draws ambitious dreamers demands time.
- Every profession that draws ambitious dreamers demands time.
- And he's a dreamer, so, you know, his mind is always brewing.
- Dare to dream and seek out other dreamers.
- That tension of a way of living life between being a dreamer and a pragmatist?
- My dad is a big, big dreamer, big dreamer bro.
- So it's a collaborative field, but the writer is the first dreamer among many dreams.
- Speaking of dreamers, you, you strike me very much so as a dreamer, as a person who beat the odds.
- But I am a dreamer as a Disney and I do create everything from scratch.
- And remember, most innovative dreamers do not bring their grandiose dreams to fruition.
- It is, it is being a, it's simultaneously being a dreamer and a realist.
- So these are creatives, These are your dreamers, right?
- It's a lot of freaks and dreamers, creeps, weirdos.
- And we started off by, in my head, dangerous dreamer, overactive imagination.
- Let let's be a little bit of dreamers here, if my colleagues will allow me.
- If the consumer, the dreamer, the person elects to use the money.
Examples
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My question right now is, I guess I'm considered a dreamer amongst my friends.
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I am a lover of music, a believer in mankind, and a dreamer of a brighter future.
Academic text (1994) -
And I think it takes a dreamer with vision.
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I have always been a huge dreamer, ever since I was a little boy, man.
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So it's a collaborative field, but the writer is the first dreamer among many dreams.
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Many of us were dreamers on that committee, and we dream big.
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We have some amazing dreamers who are gonna perform for you tonight.
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In his early work, Fitzgerald was a dreamer, but not someone who believed that dreams could be realized.
Academic text (2000) -
I was a naive young dreamer and that's exactly what you should be at that age.
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As the dreamers that we are, we believe that truth and justice will prevail.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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5.0
A person who follows strong beliefs rather than practical needs
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6.8
A person who avoids hard parts of life by reading books, watching films, or daydreaming
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7.2
A person who has ideas that are not realistic and will not work
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8.4
A person who often imagines things that are not real or likely
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3.3
A person who often imagines things instead of paying attention
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7.0
A person who believes what they want rather than what the facts show
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8.1
A person who makes new ideas and stories in their mind, like a writer or artist
Antonyms
How Imaginative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dreamer comes from dream + -er, and dream also means a 'wish' or an imaginative idea (as in daydream), so a dreamer is a person who lives in ideas and hopes rather than in practical facts.