Idealist

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One whose conduct is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations.
  • n. One who is unrealistic and impractical; a visionary.
  • n. An artist or writer whose work is imbued with idealism.
  • n. An adherent of any system of philosophical idealism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who adheres to idealism.
  • n. Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality.
  • n. An unrealistic or impractical visionary.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
  • n. One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In senses 4 and 5 of idealism, opposed to realist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who holds some form of the philosophical doctrine of idealism: opposed to realist.
  • n. One who pursues or dwells upon the ideal; a seeker after the highest beauty or good.
  • n. An imaginative, unpractical person; a day-dreamer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
  • Antonym
    realist   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    visionary   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    idealism   
    Hyponym
    romantic    Don Quixote   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dreamer    realist    idealism    pessimist    moralist