Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who indulges in day-dreams; a fanciful, sanguine schemer; one given to indulging in reveries or to building castles in the air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One given to daydreams.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
daydreams . - noun A person who wastes time daydreaming of
accomplishments instead of accomplishing things.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
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Examples
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While boys may be hyperactive and more visible for teachers, the typical girl with ADD is most often quiet, a daydreamer and unfortunately overlooked.
George Sachs, Psy.D.: Women With ADD Psy.D. George Sachs 2011
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While boys may be hyperactive and more visible for teachers, the typical girl with ADD is most often quiet, a daydreamer and unfortunately overlooked.
George Sachs, Psy.D.: Women With ADD Psy.D. George Sachs 2011
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While boys may be hyperactive and more visible for teachers, the typical girl with ADD is most often quiet, a daydreamer and unfortunately overlooked.
George Sachs, Psy.D.: Women With ADD Psy.D. George Sachs 2011
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While boys may be hyperactive and more visible for teachers, the typical girl with ADD is most often quiet, a daydreamer and unfortunately overlooked.
George Sachs, Psy.D.: Women With ADD Psy.D. George Sachs 2011
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While boys may be hyperactive and more visible for teachers, the typical girl with ADD is most often quiet, a daydreamer and unfortunately overlooked.
George Sachs, Psy.D.: Women With ADD Psy.D. George Sachs 2011
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I'm a daydreamer and a realist — two pieces of my psyche in constant conflict.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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It's nice when a daydreamer as gifted as Brown decides to unlock that dear diary inside her head, if only for a while.
Michael Bialas: Why Pieta Brown Digs the Music of Dylan, Dire Straits and her Dad Michael Bialas 2011
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I am not good at following orders and I've always been a bit of a daydreamer.
Patrick Buckley: DODOcase: Our iPad Case Saves The Jobs Of Local Bookbinders Patrick Buckley 2010
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I'm a daydreamer and a realist — two pieces of my psyche in constant conflict.
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While boys may be hyperactive and more visible for teachers, the typical girl with ADD is most often quiet, a daydreamer and unfortunately overlooked.
George Sachs, Psy.D.: Women With ADD Psy.D. George Sachs 2011
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