dreamernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdriː.mər/us/ˈdriː.mɚ/a person who spends a lot of time thinking about or planning enjoyable events that are not likely to happen
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dreaming
- be hearing/imagining/seeing things idiom
- be miles away idiom
- daydream
- daydreaming
- daze
- dream
- fantasist
- fantasize
- hallucinate
- hallucination
- hallucinatory
- in a dream idiom
- nightmare
- optical illusion
- out of 2
- out of it idiom
- reverie
- thing
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Examples from literature
- 'You are such a dreamer,' said the boy, with his former petulance.
- His father said that the boy was stupid and a dreamer, but I thought differently of him.
- I told her you were a dreamer, penniless, and always would be, but she wouldn't listen to my practical talk.
- My friend, you are a dreamer.
- We are a nation of thinkers and dreamers.