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dreamer
[dree-mer] 
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dreamer
[dree-mer]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visionary |
| Synonyms: | Walter Mitty, daydreamer, escapist, fantasizer, idealist, romantic, star-gazer, theorizer |
| Main Entry: | gorgeous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, magnificent |
| Synonyms: | attractive, beaut, bright, brilliant, centerfold, colorful, dazzling, delightful, dream, drop-dead, easy on the eyes, elegant, enjoyable, exquisite, fine, flamboyant, foxy*, gaudy, glittering, glorious, good-looking, grand, handsome, imposing, impressive, knockout, lavish, lovely, lulu, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, ostentatious, pleasing, plush, pulchritudinous, ravishing, resplendent, showy, splendid, splendiferous, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, superb |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly, undesirable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idealist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who holds fancies in mind, who believes in perfection |
| Synonyms: | Platonist, dreamer, enthusiast, escapist, optimist, radical, romancer, romantic, romanticist, seer, stargazer, theorizer, transcendentalist, utopian, visionary |
| Antonyms: | pragmatist, realist |
| Main Entry: | make-believe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imagined, unreal |
| Synonyms: | acted, dream, false, fantasized, fantasy, fictional, fraudulent, imaginary, made-up, mock, pretend, pretended, sham, simulated |
| Antonyms: | real, true, unimagined |
| Main Entry: | optimist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive thinker |
| Synonyms: | Pollyanna, dreamer, hoper, idealist |
| Main Entry: | Pollyanna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | optimist |
| Synonyms: | dreamer, hoper, idealist, positive thinker |
| Main Entry: | utopian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginary, ideal |
| Synonyms: | abstract, airy, ambitious, arcadian, chimerical, dream, fanciful, fantasy, grandiose, hopeful, idealist, idealistic, ideological, illusory, impossible, impractical, lofty, otherworldly, perfect, pie-in-the-sky, pretentious, quixotic, romantic, transcendental, unfeasible, visionary |
| Antonyms: | real |
| Main Entry: | visionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who dreams, is idealistic |
| Synonyms: | Don Quixote, castle-builder, daydreamer, dreamer, enthusiast, idealist, mystic, prophet, romancer, romantic, seer, stargazer, theorist, utopian, zealot |
| Antonyms: | realist |
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