noun
dreamer
DREE-muh
noun
1
A person who has ambitious or unrealistic ideas and hopes.
"He was always a dreamer, sketching inventions he'd never build."
"She's a dreamer at heart, always imagining a better world."
2
A person who dreams while asleep.
"As a vivid dreamer, she often remembered every detail the next morning."
How to Use Dreamer
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who imagines big or unrealistic hopes, or literally, someone experiencing a sleeping dream.
Common pairings
a hopeless dreamer
a vivid dreamer
Word Forms
dreamers plural, DREAMers plural
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Etymology
From dream plus -er.