wishful thinker
Hopes against odds
A wishful thinker is someone who believes things because they want them to be true rather than because evidence supports them.
The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting naivety or self-deception: He's a wishful thinker if he expects a promotion after that performance.
Unlike an optimist, a wishful thinker ignores contrary facts.
Habitual reverie indulger
- fantasistCreator of fictions
- romanticConducive to love
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
- stargazerOne who observes heavens
escapist · utopian · head-in-clouds · muser · reverie · visionary · fabulist · lotus-eater
Lacking basis in reality
- impracticalNot suited for use
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- detachedApart or uninvolved
overconfident · misguided · fanciful · illusory · chimerical · foolhardy · blind · denial
Feeling positive expectation
- positiveAffirming or certain
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- rose-coloredPinkish or overly hopeful
- PollyannaExcessively positive person
glass-half-full · cheerful · buoyant · sunny · confident · enthusiastic · upbeat · expectant
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- trustingInclined to believe others
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
simple · unworldly · ingenuous · green · impressionable · unquestioning · childlike · wide-eyed
daydreamer
Habitual reverie indulger
stargazer · escapist · utopian · head-in-clouds · muser · reverie · visionary · fabulist · lotus-eater
unrealistic
Lacking basis in reality
- impracticalNot suited for use
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
detached · overconfident · misguided · fanciful · illusory · chimerical · foolhardy · blind · denial
hopeful
Feeling positive expectation
- positiveAffirming or certain
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- rose-coloredPinkish or overly hopeful
Pollyanna · glass-half-full · cheerful · buoyant · sunny · confident · enthusiastic · upbeat · expectant
gullible
Easily deceived
unsophisticated · simple · unworldly · ingenuous · green · impressionable · unquestioning · childlike · wide-eyed · inexperienced
wishful thinkerrealist
One accepting hard truths
pragmatist · empiricist · skeptic · rationalist · critical thinker
wishful thinkerpessimist
One expecting negative outcomes
doomsayer · doom-and-gloomer · catastrophist · fatalist · defeatist
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