Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun don_quixote

2 senses of don quixote

Sense 1
Don Quixote -- (the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical)
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")

Sense 2
Don Quixote -- (any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero))
       => idealist, dreamer -- (someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations)