as in dreamer
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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Then, on Sunday, came a shocker from one of Tesla’s most prominent optimists: Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities slashed his 12-month price target by 43% to $315.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
More skeptical economists say the optimists are looking at the wrong figures.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
And an optimist would point out the Lakers won 12 of 14 after the loss to the Spurs and then won eight-straight after losing to the Hornets.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Karina was, like her mother, an unrelenting optimist.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
More skeptical economists say the optimists are looking at the wrong figures.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
And an optimist would point out the Lakers won 12 of 14 after the loss to the Spurs and then won eight-straight after losing to the Hornets.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Karina was, like her mother, an unrelenting optimist.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimist
dreamer
Noun
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With a main home and a guest cottage offering up a total of four bedrooms and four baths in nearly 3,150 square feet, the secluded residence has plenty of room for any like-minded dreamer to eat, pray, love, and more while enjoying some particularly stunning ocean and mountain views.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 May 2025
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The budget dreamers in one-party California are the latest to be shocked — shocked!—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
22 May 2025
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