dreamer
Americannoun
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dreamers
plural
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a person who dreams.
The dream provides insights into the interior life of the dreamer, or so say many psychotherapists.
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a person who lives in a world of fantasy; one who is impractical and unrealistic.
The phrase "economically illiterate" has long been used to smear leftists as unrealistic utopian dreamers.
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a person whose ideas or projects are considered audacious or highly speculative; visionary.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was considered a dreamer—and what a wonderful dream it is!
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Usually Dreamer Sometimes DREAMer a person who qualifies for DACA or the Dream Act.
noun
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a person who dreams habitually
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a person who lives in or escapes to a world of fantasy or illusion; escapist
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archaic a prophet; visionary
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of dreamer
First recorded in 1250–1300; dreamer def. 4 first recorded in 2010–15; Middle English; see dream, -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"I say to people I am a quiet dreamer," says Awoniyi, who was born in Ilorin, Nigeria.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Students will visit Halsey’s South L.A. sculpture garden, “sister dreamer, lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles,” to explore themes of neighborhood, memory and belonging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
One is a dreamer and the other a realist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
With “Disclosure Day,” it’s clear that this unprecedented, Earth-shattering event brought oft-pondered questions about empathy and humanism back to the forefront for cinema’s great dreamer.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Those perched on the knitted glave cover released it and it eased back down, swallowing the slice of light and returning the dreamer to darkness.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
He said the multiple award-winning artist had "opened doors for generations of singers, songwriters, musicians, and dreamers from every walk of life."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
To this day, Sand’s literature continues to eloquently embody the role that self-construction plays in the lives of dreamers and intellectuals of every generation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some of the homeowners that list are also “dreamers, and we have a lot of dreamers right now,” he added, because they insist on selling at the price their neighbors sold at three years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Matthew Hayden called his IPL century a "moment of inspiration for young dreamers across all sports".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
All down the way the pursued and the pursuing, the dream and the dreamers, the quarry and the hounds.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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