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for dreamer
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Dreamer \Dream"er\ (dr[=e]m"[~e]r), n.
1. One who dreams.
[1913 Webster]
2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes
of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
dreamer
n 1: someone who is dreaming
2: someone guided more by ideals than by practical
considerations [syn: idealist]
3: a person who escapes into a world of fantasy [syn: escapist,
wishful thinker]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "dreamer":
Don Quixote, Quixote, Utopian, daydreamer, dreamer of dreams,
enthusiast, escapist, idealist, idealizer, illusionist,
lotus-eater, prophet, rhapsodist, romancer, romantic, romanticist,
seer, theorist, utopian, utopianist, utopianizer, visionary,
wishful thinker
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