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Definition of Daydreamer
1. Noun. Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming.
Specialized synonyms: Lotus-eater, Stargazer, Dreamer, Escapist, Wishful Thinker
Generic synonyms: Bum, Do-nothing, Idler, Layabout, Loafer
Derivative terms: Daydream, Daydream, Woolgather
Definition of Daydreamer
1. n. One given to daydreams.
Definition of Daydreamer
1. Noun. One who daydreams. ¹
2. Noun. A person who wastes time daydreaming of accomplishments instead of accomplishing things. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daydreamer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daydreamer
Literary usage of Daydreamer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1915)
"Such spontaneous thinking varies from the revery of the daydreamer to the ...
You may imagine the daydreamer and the wit and the scholar all reclining ..."
2. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"... breaking off a spiteful or amorous dream because he thinks it had better not
be indulged ; but in this he ceases to be simply a daydreamer. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1887)
"... daydreamer” had grown into a rather morbid, fancy-haunted Ishmaelite in conflict
with the world and the powers that be. ..."
4. Aspects of Child Life and Education by Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"Ch. Fe>e cites an interesting case of a man who had been from childhood an
inveterate daydreamer to an extent which seriously affected his college course. ..."
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