1.
dreamer; daydreamer; fanciful person
A person given to daydreaming or unrealistic fancies, often someone whose ideas are impractical. Can be mildly critical (out of touch with reality) or admiring (imaginative).
彼は昔から空想家だ。
He has always been a dreamer.
空想家の兄は、現実的な弟とよく対比される。
My dreamer older brother is often contrasted with his realistic younger brother.
ただの空想家と言われていた彼女の考えが、後に実現した。
Her ideas, once dismissed as those of a mere dreamer, were later realized.
Compound of 空想 (fantasy, daydream) + 家 (a suffix for a person characterized by something).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ただの空想家: a mere dreamer
- 大の空想家: a great fantasist
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 夢想家: dreamer; visionary — near-synonym, often more positive (an idealistic visionary)
- 現実家: realist — antonym; a practical, down-to-earth person