different between idealistic vs dreamer

English

Etymology

From idealist +? -ic or ideal +? -istic.

Adjective

idealistic (comparative more idealistic, superlative most idealistic)

1. Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.

Translations

References

• idealistic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• idealistic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• calidities, disilicate, italicised

Romanian

Etymology

idealist +? -ic

Adjective

idealistic m or n (feminine singular idealistic?, masculine plural idealistici, feminine and neuter plural idealistice)

1. idealistic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream +? -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?im?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?i?m?/
• Rhymes: -i?m?(?)

Noun

dreamer (plural dreamers)

1. One who dreams.
2. 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.

3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
4. swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Related terms

• daydreamer

Translations

Further reading

• dreamer at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dreamer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• rearmed, redream