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dreamer

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈdɹimɚ/
  • General-American: [ˈdɹimɚ]
  • General-American, sometimes: [d͡ʒɹimɚ]
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹiːmə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: D R IY1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who dreams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An undocumented immigrant who is qualified for relief under the DREAM Act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative letter-case form of DREAMer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

someone who is dreaming

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: sleeper, slumberer

8

noun

Meaning 8

a person who escapes into a world of fantasy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: escapist, wishful thinker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: daydreamer, woolgatherer

9

noun

Meaning 9

someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: idealist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visionary

Narrower terms: Don Quixote, romantic

History

Etymology

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream + -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

From the DREAM Act + -er, after dreamer.

Across languages

Translations

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ëndërrues — one who dreams
  • Albanian: ëndërruese — one who dreams
  • Arabic: حَالِم (ḥālim) — one who dreams
  • Azerbaijani: xəyalpərəst — one who dreams
  • Catalan: somiador — one who dreams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 做夢的人 /做梦的人 (zuòmèng de rén) — one who dreams
  • Czech: snící — one who dreams
  • Dutch: dromer — one who dreams
  • Dutch: droomster — one who dreams
  • Finnish: haaveilija — one who dreams
  • Finnish: uneksija — one who dreams
  • French: rêveur — one who dreams
  • French: rêveuse — one who dreams
  • Galician: soñador — one who dreams
  • German: Träumer — one who dreams
  • German: Träumerin — one who dreams
  • Greek: ονειροπόλος (oneiropólos) — one who dreams
  • Istriot: sugnadur — one who dreams
  • Italian: sognatore — one who dreams
  • Latin: somniator — one who dreams
  • Latin: somniatrix — one who dreams
  • Lithuanian: svajotojas — one who dreams
  • Lithuanian: svajotoja — one who dreams
  • Macedonian: со́нувач (sónuvač) — one who dreams
  • Macedonian: ме́чтател (méčtatel) — one who dreams
  • Norman: rêveux — one who dreams
  • Norman: songeux — one who dreams
  • Polish: marzyciel — one who dreams
  • Portuguese: sonhador — one who dreams
  • Portuguese: sonhadora — one who dreams
  • Romanian: visător — one who dreams
  • Romanian: visătoare — one who dreams
  • Russian: мечта́тель (mečtátelʹ) — one who dreams
  • Russian: мечта́тельница (mečtátelʹnica) — one who dreams
  • Slovene: sanjáč — one who dreams
  • Spanish: soñador — one who dreams
  • Spanish: soñadora — one who dreams
  • Welsh: breuddwydiwr — one who dreams
  • Welsh: breuddwydwraig — one who dreams
  • Yao (Africa): jwakusagamila class 1 — one who dreams
  • Albanian: ëndërrues — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Albanian: ëndërruese — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Arabic: حَالِم (ḥālim) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Arabic: حَالِمَة (ḥālima) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Armenian: երազող (erazoġ) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Armenian: ցնորամոլ (cʻnoramol) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Azerbaijani: xəyalpərəst — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Belarusian: мро́йнік (mrójnik) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Belarusian: мро́йніца (mrójnica) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Belarusian: мро́йца (mrójca) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Belarusian: летуце́ннік (ljetucjénnik) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Belarusian: летуце́нніца (ljetucjénnica) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Bulgarian: мечта́тел (mečtátel) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Bulgarian: мечта́телка (mečtátelka) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空想家 (kōngxiǎngjiā) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢想家 /梦想家 (mèngxiǎngjiā) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Czech: snílek — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Czech: blouznivec — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Danish: drømmer — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Dutch: dromer — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Dutch: droomster — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Esperanto: revulo — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Estonian: unistaja — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Finnish: haaveilija — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • French: rêveur — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • French: rêveuse — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Georgian: მეოცნებე (meocnebe) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • German: Träumer — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • German: Träumerin — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • German: Schwärmer — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • German: Schwärmerin — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • German: Fantast — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • German: Fantastin — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Greek: ονειροπόλος (oneiropólos) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Hungarian: álmodozó — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Irish: aislingeach — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Italian: sognatore — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Italian: sognatrice — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Japanese: 夢想家 (musōka) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Japanese: 空想家 (kūsōka) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Kazakh: арманшыл (armanşyl) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Kazakh: қиялшыл (qiälşyl) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Korean: 몽상가 (mongsangga) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Korean: 공상가 (gongsangga) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Kyrgyz: кыялчы (kıyalcı) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Latvian: sapņotājs — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Lithuanian: svajoklis — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Lithuanian: svajoklė — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Lithuanian: svajotojas — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Lithuanian: svajotoja — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Macedonian: со́нувач (sónuvač) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Macedonian: сону́вачка (sonúvačka) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Māori: waewae-kai-kapua — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drømmer — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drøymar — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Persian: خیالباف (xayâlbâf) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Persian: خیال پرست (xayâl parast) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Persian: خیال پرور (xayâl parvar) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Polish: marzyciel — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Polish: marzycielka — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Portuguese: sonhador — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Portuguese: sonhadora — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Portuguese: visionário — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Portuguese: visionária — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Romanian: visător — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Romanian: visătoare — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Russian: мечта́тель (mečtátelʹ) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Russian: мечта́тельница (mečtátelʹnica) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Russian: фантазёр (fantazjór) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Russian: фантазёрка (fantazjórka) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̀ња̄р — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: сања̀рица — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: са́њалац — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: са́њалица — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: sànjār — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: sanjàrica — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: sánjalac — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Serbo-Croatian: sánjalica — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Slovak: rojko — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Slovene: sanjač — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Slovene: sanjačica — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Spanish: visionario — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Spanish: visionaria — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Swedish: drömmare — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Tajik: хаёлпарвар (xayolparvar) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Tajik: хаёлпараст (xayolparast) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Turkish: hayalperest — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Turkish: hayalci — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Ukrainian: мрі́йник (mríjnyk) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Ukrainian: мрі́йниця (mríjnycja) — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Uzbek: xayolparast — someone whose beliefs are far from realistic
  • Czech: břichatka — fish of the family Oneirodidae
  • Finnish: torkkujakrotti — fish of the family Oneirodidae
  • Catalan: barbacoll de carpó blanc — swallow-wing puffbird
  • Dutch: zwaluwbaardkoekoek — swallow-wing puffbird
  • Finnish: pääskylaiskuri — swallow-wing puffbird
  • French: barbacou à croupion blanc — swallow-wing puffbird