Idealist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Idealist \I*de"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. id['e]aliste.]
     1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one
        given to romantic expectations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In


        senses 4 and 5 of {idealism}, opposed to {realist}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  idealist
       n : someone guided more by ideals than by practical
           considerations [syn: {dreamer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "idealist":
     Berkeleian, Don Quixote, Hegelian, Kantian, Neoplatonic,
     Neoplatonist, Neoplatonistic, Platonic, Platonist, Platonistic,
     Quixote, animist, animistic, daydreamer, dreamer,
     dreamer of dreams, enthusiast, escapist, idealistic, immaterialist,
     lotus-eater, panpsychist, panpsychistic, prophet, psychist,
     rhapsodist, romancer, romantic, romanticist, seer, solipsistic,
     spiritualist, spiritualistic, unrealistic, utopian, utopianist,
     utopianizer, visionary, wishful thinker