Meanings
daydreamer1
plural daydreamers
- One who daydreams.
- A person who wastes time daydreaming of accomplishments instead of accomplishing things.
Daydreamer2
plural Daydreamers
- entertainmentA fan of British singer-songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 1988), simply known as Adele.
This story was told by fans around the world, especially Daydreamers, the fandom of Adele.
2021 November 16, Pat Phoompuang, “Adele's New Album Release: 30”, in The Brewster Browser, volume 44, number 2, Wolfeboro, NH: Brewster Academy, page 8, column 33 more examples
Adele’s fans – many of whom call themselves ‘Daydreamers’ – found they had to wait for the dream of a third album to come true. Not only that, as they waited they were subjected to several delays and disappointments.
[2015, Chas Newkey-Burden, Adele: The Biography, updated edition, London: John Blake Publishing, →ISBN, page 228Eagle-eyed Daydreamers were quick to notice the similarities between “Easy On Me” and her longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 “Hello,” which were both shot in black and white (though the latter is sepia-toned) and feature the same house, Sony Music confirmed.
2022 January 13, Danielle Pascual, “Adele Easter Eggs: Fan-Spotted References to Past Music Videos In Her ’30’ Era”, in Billboard, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2022Her shows, called “A Weekend with Adele,” scheduled to run weekends through April, were expected to be the most lucrative residency in Las Vegas history. They’ve been indefinitely postponed, the singer announced in a Twitter video Thursday. The cancellation has fueled skepticism and disappointment among Adele’s Daydreamers, her fandom.
2022 January 25, Linda Hasco, “Adele’s postponed Las Vegas residency: She’s apologized, but do we really know what’s behind it?”, in PennLive, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Daydreamer · noun
After Adele's song “Daydreamer” (2008). See more at daydream and daydreamer.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَالِم
- حَالِم (ḥālim)one who daydreams
Bulgarian мечта́тел, мечта́телка
- мечта́тел (mečtátel)one who daydreams
- мечта́телка (mečtátelka)one who daydreams
Catalan somiador, somiatruites
- somiadorone who daydreams
- somiatruitesone who daydreams
Chinese Mandarin 空想家, 夢想家 /梦想家
- 空想家 (kōngxiǎngjiā)one who daydreams
- 夢想家 /梦想家 (mèngxiǎngjiā)one who daydreams
Czech snílek, blouznivec
- snílekone who daydreams
- blouznivecone who daydreams
Danish dagdrømmer, drømmer
- dagdrømmerone who daydreams
- drømmerone who daydreams
Dutch dagdromer, dromer
- dagdromerone who daydreams
- dromerone who daydreams
Estonian unistaja
- unistajaone who daydreams
Finnish haaveilija, uneksija
- haaveilijaone who daydreams
- uneksijaone who daydreams
- unelmoijaone who daydreams
- haihattelijaone who wastes time daydreaming
- taivaanrannan maalarione who wastes time daydreaming
French rêveur, rêveuse
- rêveurone who daydreams
- rêveuseone who daydreams
- rêvasseurone who daydreams
- rêvasseuseone who daydreams
- jongleurone who daydreams
- jongleuseone who daydreams
German Tagträumer, Tagträumerin
- Tagträumerone who daydreams
- Tagträumerinone who daydreams
- Träumerone who daydreams
- Träumerinone who daydreams
- Schwärmerone who daydreams
- Schwärmerinone who daydreams
Greek ονειροπόλος
- ονειροπόλος (oneiropólos)one who daydreams
Hungarian álmodozó, álmodozó
- álmodozóone who daydreams
- álmodozóone who wastes time daydreaming
Irish aislingeach, aislingtheach
- aislingeachone who daydreams
- aislingtheachone who daydreams
Italian almanaccone, almanaccona
- almanacconeone who daydreams
- almanacconaone who daydreams
- almanaccatoreone who daydreams
- almanaccatriceone who daydreams
- arzigogoloneone who daydreams
- arzigogolonaone who daydreams
- sognatoreone who daydreams
- sognatriceone who daydreams
Japanese 夢想家, 空想家
- 夢想家 (musōka)one who daydreams
- 空想家 (kūsōka)one who daydreams
Korean 몽상가, 공상가
- 몽상가 (mongsangga)one who daydreams
- 공상가 (gongsangga)one who daydreams
Latin cupītor
- cupītorone who daydreams
Norwegian Bokmål dagdrømmer, drømmer
- dagdrømmerone who daydreams
- drømmerone who daydreams
Polish marzyciel, marzycielka
- marzycielone who daydreams
- marzycielkaone who daydreams
- marzycielone who wastes time daydreaming
- marzycielkaone who wastes time daydreaming
Portuguese sonhador, sonhadora
- sonhadorone who daydreams
- sonhadoraone who daydreams
- nefelibataone who daydreams
- nefelíbataone who daydreams
Russian мечта́тель, мечта́тельница
- мечта́тель (mečtátelʹ)one who daydreams
- мечта́тельница (mečtátelʹnica)one who daydreams
- фантазёр (fantazjór)one who daydreams
- фантазёрка (fantazjórka)one who daydreams
- мечта́тель (mečtátelʹ)one who wastes time daydreaming
- мечта́тельница (mečtátelʹnica)one who wastes time daydreaming
- фантазёр (fantazjór)one who wastes time daydreaming
- фантазёрка (fantazjórka)one who wastes time daydreaming
Slovak rojko
- rojkoone who daydreams
Spanish nefelibata, pajarón
- nefelibataone who daydreams
- pajarónone who daydreams
- pajaronaone who daydreams
Turkish hayalperest
- hayalperestone who daydreams
Ukrainian мрі́йник, мрі́йниця
- мрі́йник (mríjnyk)one who daydreams
- мрі́йниця (mríjnycja)one who daydreams
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with daydreamer
All rhymes →Cite this entry
daydreamer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daydreamer
“daydreamer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daydreamer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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