dreamer
/ˈdɹiːmə/US/ˈdɹimɚ/
dreamer noun: one who dreams.
Noun (1)
dreamer (plural dreamers)
- One who dreams.
- Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
- 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.1971, John Lennon, “Imagine”
- Eighties witches were not the patchouli-dipped, lovebead-wearing, back-to-the-earth dreamers of the seventies.2015, Jennifer Crusie, Leah Wilson, Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters And the Power of Three, →ISBN
- Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
- A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
Noun (2) capitalized: DREAMer
DREAMer (plural DREAMers)
- An undocumented immigrant who is qualified for relief under the DREAM Act.
- DREAMers had established a public identity, possessed distinctive interests and solidarities, and articulated their interests with a powerful and compelling voice.2013, Walter J. Nicholls, The DREAMers: How the Undocumented Youth Movement Transformed the Immigrant Rights Debate, Stanford University Press, →ISBN
Noun (3) capitalized: Dreamer
Dreamer (plural Dreamers)
- Alternative letter-case form of DREAMer.
- The stakes for Hortencia and other Dreamers are high. […] If President Trump will not protect Dreamers, Congress must immediately pass the bipartisan DREAM Act and provide permanent protection for these young Americans.2017 August 24, Jay Inslee, “American dreams of young people will be cruelly ripped away”, in CNN
dreamer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dreamer in Hindi
- स्वप्नद्रष्टा, सपने देखने वाला
dreamer in Tamil
- கனவு காண்பவர், கனவுக்காரர், கனவுக்காரன்
dreamer in Marathi
- स्वप्नद्रष्टा, स्वप्नाळू
dreamer in Urdu
- خواب دیکھنے والا
More languagesFewer languages
- dreamer in Bengali
- স্বপ্নদ্রষ্টা, স্বপ্নদর্শী, স্বপ্নবাজ
- dreamer in Telugu
- స్వాప్నికుడు, కలలు కనేవాడు, కలలు కనే వాడు
- dreamer in Malayalam
- സ്വപ്നക്കാരൻ, സ്വപ്നം കാണുന്നയാൾ
- dreamer in Kannada
- ಕನಸುಗಾರ, ಕನಸನ್ನು ಕಂಡವನು
- dreamer in Punjabi
- ਸੁਪਨਾ ਦੇਖਣ ਵਾਲਾ, ਸੁਫ਼ਨੇਬਾਜ਼
- dreamer in Gujarati
- સ્વપ્નદ્રષ્ટા, સપનાં જોનાર
- dreamer in Odia
- ସ୍ୱପ୍ନଦ୍ରଷ୍ଟା
- dreamer in Nepali
- सपना देख्ने व्यक्ति
- dreamer in Arabic
- حَالِم ḥālim, حَالِمَة ḥālima
- dreamer in Persian
- خیالباف xayâlbâf, خیال پرست xayâl parast, خیال پرور xayâl parvar
Examples of dreamer in a sentence
- To dreamers in the West, Tibet is a Shangri-La despoiled by Chinese ruthlessness and rapacity.
- It would be dangerous for both your planetman and the dreamer herself.
- Furthermore, as we see in (54), the dreamer is the experiencer of the 'dream' event provoked by the dreamee.
Forms of dreamer
| plural | dreamers |
|---|---|
| plural | DREAMers |
| alternative form | Dreamer |
| plural | Dreamers |
Origin of dreamer
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”).
From the DREAM Act + -er, after dreamer.
Words formed from dreamer
Words that rhyme with dreamer
Questions about dreamer
- What does dreamer mean?
- Dreamer means one who dreams.
- What is dreamer in Hindi?
- Dreamer in Hindi is स्वप्नद्रष्टा, सपने देखने वाला. See Dreamer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dreamer?
- Dreamer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dreamer?
- Dreamer is pronounced /ˈdɹimɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of dreamer?
- The plural of dreamer is dreamers.
Words near dreamer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dreamer (page history and authors); DREAMer (page history and authors); Dreamer (page history and authors); dreamer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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