fantasist

American  

[fan-tuh-sist, -zist, fan-tey-zhist] / ˈfæn tə sɪst, -zɪst, fænˈteɪ ʒɪst /

noun

1. a person who writes or composes fantasies or fantasias in music, poetry, or the like.

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fantasist British  

/ ˈfæntəsɪst /

noun

1. a person who indulges in fantasies

2. a person who writes musical or literary fantasies

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Etymology

Origin of fantasist

First recorded in 1920–25; fantas(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

Uchis is among pop’s foremost fantasists; her music invites the listener to get lost in an expertly appointed dreamland.

From Los Angeles Times

In an age of intense polarization, here is one thing that everyone, left and right, radicals and moderates, fantasists and realists, can agree on.

From New York Times

Yet like them, he has issued an election “integrity” plan — a wink to the stop-the-steal fantasists in his party base.

From Washington Post

No comparable level of stamina is demanded of the plucky young fantasist in “Night of the Kings,” though that doesn’t make his task any more enviable.

From Los Angeles Times

He is a bit of a fantasist, Henry Scarlet, he's a drinker and a gambler, and he doesn't really pay his bills, which ends up with her being penniless.

From Salon