as in dreamers
a person who usually expects good things to happen
You have to be a bit of an optimist to start a business. Somehow he remained an optimist despite all that had happened to him.
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Recent Examples of optimists
Financial optimists argue that millions of barrels currently trapped in floating storage will immediately flood the market the moment a ceasefire is signed.
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Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The optimists insist nothing has changed and business as usual will resume shortly.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, optimists are right, even in the Middle East.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
But even the optimists acknowledge that the longer the war goes on, the more the Gulf region’s extraordinary vulnerabilities will be exposed.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Humanoid robotics may take longer than optimists expect.
—Ravin Gandhi, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
The optimists will say inconsistency is a product of experimentation.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Some posters have given it one star, but Galimova—along with several other optimists—gave it five, as if this gesture of good will might somehow be reciprocated with information.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
And Cain and guitarist Neal Schon appear to have remained among the cockeyed optimists.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The optimists insist nothing has changed and business as usual will resume shortly.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, optimists are right, even in the Middle East.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
But even the optimists acknowledge that the longer the war goes on, the more the Gulf region’s extraordinary vulnerabilities will be exposed.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Humanoid robotics may take longer than optimists expect.
—Ravin Gandhi, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
The optimists will say inconsistency is a product of experimentation.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Some posters have given it one star, but Galimova—along with several other optimists—gave it five, as if this gesture of good will might somehow be reciprocated with information.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
And Cain and guitarist Neal Schon appear to have remained among the cockeyed optimists.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimists
Noun
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And who could blame these romantic dreamers for wanting to cast aside the surly bonds of Earth to visit the pale beauty of our cratered satellite?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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As depicted in the play, the Lehman family had its high achievers and its dreamers, its capitalists and its liberals.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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For the romantics who fall fast and get attached quickly, the early stages of dating are rarely casual—and can feel as if they’re designed to hurt.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Optimists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimists. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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