A person who imagines hopeful possibilities, especially beyond current limits.
Reach for it when praising vision while leaving open whether practical action has begun
The young dreamer sketched a car-free square years before funding appeared.
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playful
imagineer
Fits when playful invention joins imagination and making
Careful The branded-sounding coinage is unsuitable for serious recognition.
everyday
Fits when principles shape hopes more than present constraints
Careful Idealist can imply impracticality or moral doctrine rather than imagination.
professional
futurist
Fits when studying or proposing long-term change is the role
Careful Futurist is a field or method, not every hopeful person.
professional
Fits when original foresight influences others
Careful Visionary claims unusual insight that an ordinary dreamer may not possess.
formal
aspirant
Fits when someone actively seeks a defined role or achievement
Careful An aspirant has a target and may possess little imaginative vision.
literary
Fits when hopeful feeling colors a view of reality
Careful Romantic may suggest naivety or love rather than future ambition.
big dreamer
A big dreamer, Luis also kept careful budgets for every proposal.
young dreamer
The young dreamer filled three notebooks with bridge designs.
dreamer and doer
She became known as a dreamer and doer who welcomed practical criticism.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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