dreamer

Definitions

A person who is guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.

A person who dreams, especially one who is lost in thought or fancy.

A person who envisions or creates plans for something that does not yet exist.

Examples

She was a hopeless dreamer who spent her afternoons staring at the clouds.

Every great achievement in history began with a dreamer who refused to give up.

Synonyms

visionary idealist romantic daydreamer utopian fantasist speculator

Antonyms

realist pragmatist materialist cynic skeptic rationalist down-to-earth person