idealist

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

idealist
    n 1: someone guided more by ideals than by practical
         considerations [syn: {idealist}, {dreamer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Idealist \I*de"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. id['e]aliste.]
   1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one
      given to romantic expectations.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In
      senses 4 and 5 of {idealism}, opposed to {realist}.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "idealist":
      Berkeleian, Don Quixote, Hegelian, Kantian, Neoplatonic,
      Neoplatonist, Neoplatonistic, Platonic, Platonist, Platonistic,
      Quixote, animist, animistic, daydreamer, dreamer,
      dreamer of dreams, enthusiast, escapist, idealistic, immaterialist,
      lotus-eater, panpsychist, panpsychistic, prophet, psychist,
      rhapsodist, romancer, romantic, romanticist, seer, solipsistic,
      spiritualist, spiritualistic, unrealistic, utopian, utopianist,
      utopianizer, visionary, wishful thinker

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