DON QUIXOTE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

Don Quixote

noun

ˌdän-kē-ˈ(h)ō-tē

Definition of Don Quixote

as in dreamer

one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world a latter-day Don Quixote, she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies

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Recent Examples of Don Quixote Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century epic about a deluded knight, is frequently called the first modern novel. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Smale joined Tring Park Performing Arts Classical Ballet Academy in 2021 and became a Royal Ballet Junior Associate in 2022, performing in productions of Cinderella, Don Quixote and The Winter’s Tale. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 June 2026 Success finally came with Don Quixote, a novel about a knight-errant whose adventures are inspired by the author’s earlier days. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 Spoiler alert on this 400-year-old novel, but Don Quixote doesn't actually slay any giants or rescue any princesses. — Meg Anderson, NPR, 22 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Don Quixote

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Djrum himself might even approve of taking in the mix from a horizontal position; his set is designed more for the dreamer than for the raver.

— Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
The youth of the country, along with some dreamers and fighters, were the ones pushing it forward little by little.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

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Sorry to all the hopeless romantics, but the answer is TAP-DANCED.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

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