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DAYDREAMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does daydreamer mean?
• DAYDREAMER (noun)
The noun DAYDREAMER has 1 sense:
1. someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
Familiarity information: DAYDREAMER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
daydreamer; woolgatherer
Hypernyms ("daydreamer" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "daydreamer"):
lotus-eater; stargazer (someone indifferent to the busy world)
dreamer; escapist; wishful thinker (a person who escapes into a world of fantasy)
Derivation:
daydream (have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy)
daydream (have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake)
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