Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dreamer
3 senses of dreamer
Sense 1
dreamer -- (someone who is dreaming)
=> sleeper, slumberer -- (a rester who is sleeping)
Sense 2
idealist, dreamer -- (someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations)
=> visionary -- (a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible)
Sense 3
escapist, dreamer, wishful thinker -- (a person who escapes into a world of fantasy)
=> daydreamer, woolgatherer -- (someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming)