dreamer
Head in clouds
A dreamer is someone who dreams—either literally during sleep or figuratively through imagination and aspiration.
The word often carries a gentle criticism: dreamers indulge in fantasy rather than practical action.
He's a dreamer who never follows through.
But it can also suggest visionary qualities: Every great invention started with a dreamer.
The tension between impractical and idealistic runs through most uses.
Creator of fictions
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- woolgatheringAbsent-minded indulgence in fantasy
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
absentminded · preoccupied · detached · withdrawn · elsewhere · drifting · wandering · musing
Tomorrow trends scholar
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- seerOne who envisions futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
innovator · thinker · oracle · sage · clairvoyant · foresight · imagination · revelation
Impractically perfect in conception
- optimistHabitually hopeful person
- romanticConducive to love
- idealisticPursuing unrealistic standards
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
naive · quixotic · starry-eyed · impractical · unrealistic · wishful · believer · hoper
Able to conceive new ideas
- inventiveShowing original thought
- artistMaker of creative works
- creatorOne who produces something
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
original · inspired · fanciful · whimsical · innovative · resourceful · ingenious · conception
Desire for achievement
- goalsIntended end results
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- driveOperate a vehicle
potential · striving · pursuit · endeavor · success · achievement · growth · progress
fantasist
Creator of fictions
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- woolgatheringAbsent-minded indulgence in fantasy
distraction · absentminded · preoccupied · detached · withdrawn · elsewhere · drifting · wandering · musing · distracted
futurist
Tomorrow trends scholar
trailblazer · innovator · thinker · oracle · sage · clairvoyant · foresight · imagination · revelation · prophecy
utopian
Impractically perfect in conception
- optimistHabitually hopeful person
- romanticConducive to love
- idealisticPursuing unrealistic standards
hopeful · naive · quixotic · starry-eyed · impractical · unrealistic · wishful · believer · hoper · innocent
imaginative
Able to conceive new ideas
visionary · original · inspired · fanciful · whimsical · innovative · resourceful · ingenious · conception · muse
ambition
Desire for achievement
- goalsIntended end results
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
drive · potential · striving · pursuit · endeavor · success · achievement · growth · progress · ambitious
REM
Acronym for dreaming phase
pillow · bed · restless · snoring · napping · drowsy · unconscious · repose · dormant · snooze
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- personalitiesintrovert, optimist, extrovert, pessimist, idealist
- dreamersvisionary, visionaries, idealist, idealists, fantasist
- idealisticidealist, idealistic, utopian, quixotic, visionary
- sleep typessnoring, insomnia, light sleeper, heavy sleeper, night owl
- archetypeshero, villain, trickster, mentor, mother
dreamerrealist
One accepting hard truths
pragmatist · hardnose · empiricist · materialist · rationalist
- sweet dreamsNighttime farewell blessing
- bad dreamFrightening sleep vision
- dream onDismissive of unlikely hopes
- dream come trueDesired outcome finally happening
- dream upInvent through imagination
- dream jobPerfect occupation imagined
dream, dreaming, daydream, dreams, daydreaming, dreamed, dreamlike, daydreams, dreamers