fantasizer

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Noun
  • Success finally came with Don Quixote, a novel about a knight-errant whose adventures are inspired by the author’s earlier days.
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
  • Spoiler alert on this 400-year-old novel, but Don Quixote doesn't actually slay any giants or rescue any princesses.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • John Beltran is Detroit techno’s foremost daydreamer.
    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
Noun
  • But Venegas’ parents were artists above all — photographers specifically, a trade now plied by Yvonne — and as such, romantics at heart and in practice.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • But the old romantic in us still tries.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Roberts, the relentless optimist, understands this.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Perkins still identifies as the optimist from 2022, albeit one tempered by realism.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
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“Fantasizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasizer. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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