dreamer

See also: DREAMer

English

Etymology

dream +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹimɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹiːmə/
Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)

Noun

dreamer (plural dreamers)

One who dreams.
Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
- 1971, John Lennon, Imagine
  You may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one.
Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Related terms

daydreamer

Translations

one who dreams

Albanian: ëndërrues (sq) m, ëndërruese f
Arabic: حَالِم‎‎ m (ḥālim)
Catalan: somiador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 做夢的人, 做梦的人 (zuòmèng de rén)
Czech: snící m
Finnish: haaveilija (fi), uneksija (fi)
French: rêveur (fr) m, rêveuse (fr) f
Galician: soñador m
German: Träumer (de) m, Träumerin f
Greek: ονειροπόλος (el) m (oneiropólos)

Istriot: sugnadur m
Italian: sognatore (it) m
Latin: somniator m, somniatrix f
Lithuanian: svajotojas m, svajotoja f
Norman: rêveux m, songeux m
Polish: marzyciel (pl) m
Portuguese: sonhador (pt) m
Romanian: visător (ro) m, visătoare (ro) f
Russian: мечта́тель (ru) m (mečtátelʹ), мечта́тельница (ru) f (mečtátelʹnica)
Slovene: sanjáč m
Spanish: soñador (es) m, soñadora (es) f

someone whose beliefs are far from realistic

Chinese:
Mandarin: 空想家 (zh) (kōngxiǎngjiā)
Czech: snílek m
Finnish: haaveilija (fi)
Japanese: 夢想家 (むそうか, musōka)
Lithuanian: svajoklis m, svajoklė f, svajotojas m, svajotoja f

Maori: waewae-kai-kapua
Polish: marzyciel (pl) m
Portuguese: sonhador (pt) m
Russian: мечта́тель (ru) m (mečtátelʹ), мечта́тельница (ru) f (mečtátelʹnica), фантазёр (ru) m (fantazjór), фантазёрка (ru) f (fantazjórka)
Serbo-Croatian: sanjar (sh) m
Swedish: drömmare c

fish of the family Oneirodidae

Czech: břichatka (cs) f

Finnish: torkkujakrotti

swallow-wing puffbird

Finnish: pääskylaiskuri (fi)

ladybird — see ladybird

Further reading

dreamer at OneLook Dictionary Search
dreamer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

rearmed, redream

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