Noun: dreamer dree-mu(r)
- Someone who is dreaming
"The dreamer tossed and turned, lost in a vivid nightmare"
- A person who escapes into a world of fantasy
"The dreamer found solace in reading adventure novels";
- escapist, wishful thinker, fantasiser [Brit], fantasizer [N. Amer]
- Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
"The young dreamer believed she could change the world through her activism";
- idealist
Derived forms: dreamers
Type of: daydreamer, sleeper, slumberer, visionary, woolgatherer
Encyclopedia: Dreamer