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Recent Examples of daydreamer
John Beltran is Detroit techno’s foremost daydreamer.
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Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
The chronic daydreamer can easily identify with Catherine’s near-delusional longing for something to happen beyond the courtships and evenings around the pianoforte that seem to make up the better part of her future.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, based on James Thurber’s 1939 short story, starred Ben Stiller in the role of the daydreamer made famous by Danny Kaye in the 1947 Samuel Goldwyn original.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
As custom, the season will follow a brand new member of the Bridgerton family on their quest to find love, this time chronicling the charming and equally complex relationship between artsy daydreamer Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and pragmatic maid Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
The chronic daydreamer can easily identify with Catherine’s near-delusional longing for something to happen beyond the courtships and evenings around the pianoforte that seem to make up the better part of her future.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, based on James Thurber’s 1939 short story, starred Ben Stiller in the role of the daydreamer made famous by Danny Kaye in the 1947 Samuel Goldwyn original.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
As custom, the season will follow a brand new member of the Bridgerton family on their quest to find love, this time chronicling the charming and equally complex relationship between artsy daydreamer Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and pragmatic maid Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamer
Noun
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Konkoly, who is herself a lucid dreamer, told study participants to try working on the puzzle while asleep that night.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Others — the dreamers and grinders, as Spencer Nusbaum described yesterday — have to take second jobs to make ends meet while toiling away in minor-league baseball.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Value for money has been next to nil and even an eternal optimist would be hard-pressed to visualise a redemption arc.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Every time an incident like this happens, the optimist in me thinks, perhaps this will be a turning point.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the early 20th century, a group of idealists set out to build a road that would connect towns and showcase the raw beauty of the Columbia River Gorge.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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Gorton skillfully depicts the grueling decades-long struggle of Sanger (the icon, in this telling) and Dennett (the idealist) to make birth control available and legal, as well as their interpersonal competition for power and influence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the old romantic in us still tries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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And for the hopeless romantics among us, there’s confessions of love, yearning, and unlikely lovers.—
De Elizabeth,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Daydreamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamer. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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