Usually means: Hopes unrealistically, ignoring practical realities.
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  1. wishful thinker: Merriam-Webster
  2. wishful thinker: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wishful thinker: Vocabulary.com
  4. wishful thinker: Wiktionary
  5. wishful thinker: Dictionary.com
  6. wishful thinker: Rhymezone
  7. wishful thinker: FreeDictionary.org
  8. wishful thinker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. wishful thinker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. WISHFUL THINKER: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wishful thinker)

▸ noun:  One who engages in wishful thinking.

Similar:
dreamer, escapist, daydreamer, fantasizer, wonderer, visionary, fantasist, speculant, wisher, overthinker, more...

Opposite:
realist, pragmatist, logical thinker

Types:
optimist, idealist, realist, pessimist, more...

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Similar:
dreamer, escapist, daydreamer, fantasizer, wonderer, visionary, fantasist, speculant, wisher, overthinker, more...

Opposite:
realist, pragmatist, logical thinker

Types:
optimist, idealist, realist, pessimist, more...



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