as in dreamers
a person who usually expects good things to happen
You have to be a bit of an optimist to start a business. Somehow he remained an optimist despite all that had happened to him.
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Recent Examples of optimists
This reality is so sobering that even staunch climate optimists have had to adjust.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
The path to Level 5 autonomous driving has turned out to be a much longer and bumpy one than the optimists once hoped.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Artificial intelligence—a productivity-maximizing tool to some and an untamable threat to others—has asked similar questions of the social contract in the 21st century, and the optimists appear to be winning the day.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday night, Bader led off for one of the best teams in baseball, an audacious idea at the time of the trade for even the biggest optimists in the room.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
But, for the optimists, the renewal is more pronounced these days.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
From the Pacific to the Caribbean, from Africa to Latin America, young and stubborn optimists found each other—people who refused to believe that powerful nations should have the final word on how the world responds to the climate crisis.
—Cynthia Houniuhi, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimists
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Across cultures and centuries, constellations have been used to explain myths, guide travelers, and inspire dreamers.—
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The Audacity will star Billy Magnussen and Zach Galifianakis, and revolve around everyone in the orbit of tech’s Disneyland, from the makers and dreamers to the billionaires and bosses.—
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From a story about two rival soldiers falling in love to a weatherman determined to make his holiday romance count, there is no shortage of offerings for all sorts of romantics.—
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Rialto Cinema is for cinephiles, art film nerds, hopeless romantics, comedy nuts, thrill seekers, and anyone else looking to find entertainment in a dark room surrounded by strangers as a movie is beamed onto the big screen.—
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“Optimists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimists. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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