Synonyms for
Dreamer
Definition
A person who dreams or is dreaming.
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Informal
Antonyms
Common collocations
- a true dreamer
- a hopeless dreamer
- a young dreamer
- a wild dreamer
- a dreamer of great things
- a dreamer by nature
Word family
Usage note
Often used to describe someone with ambitious or imaginative ideas, sometimes implying a lack of practicality. Can be positive or negative depending on context.
Example sentences
- My little sister is a dreamer who wants to be an astronaut.
- The dreamer had a dream about meeting a unicorn.
- Being a dreamer can help you achieve your goals.
- She is a hopeless dreamer who believes in unicorns.
- Some people think that dreamers are not practical enough.
Quotes
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. - Oscar Wilde
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. - T.E. Lawrence
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt