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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.
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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.
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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).
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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
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But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead.
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For Rolling Stone’s Last Word column, Midler talked about the gigs, auditions, and storied feuds that took her from dreamer to entertainment legend.
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In the great debate over how to address the national debt crisis, optimists suggest that expanding the economy is preferable to cutting federal spending.
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Andy Sachs exemplifies an adaptive optimist, challenging norms and fostering open environments through self-reflection and curiosity.
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That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.
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But Veda is no idealist out to end wars or reject her parents’ materialism.
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Independent bookselling, rarely a way to get rich, is a meeting ground for idealists — for young people with a sense of mission, retirees embarking on a new life or middle-aged people no longer satisfied with their careers.
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The versatility, the intelligence, the playmaking and that ineffable ability to win — the Frenchman was a basketball romantic’s dream.
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Now these two romantics, who remain at large, are being looked for by the Leicestershire Police.
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“Daydreamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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