optimist

noun

Definition of optimistnext
as in dreamer
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 optimist YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Bill Gates has generally been an AI optimist. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The rewards Gates, ever the optimist, also outlines some major boons the technology holds. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 In this case, the optimist in your friend group might be the better call than even a master negotiator. — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Polarized in terms of, like, sometimes people will distinguish AI doomers and AI optimists. — Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for optimist
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  • When veteran producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler offer him a check for $300,000, around $2 million today when adjusted for inflation, the young dreamer says no.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Among its most memorable attractions is a historic railroad that once carried artists and archaeologists, dreamers and scientists, some of whom traveled on the train incognito before participating in the top-secret Manhattan Project.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
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