POLLYANNAS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

Pollyannas

noun

plural of Pollyanna

as in optimists

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Noun

Polarized in terms of, like, sometimes people will distinguish AI doomers and AI optimists.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Now the rot is right there on the surface; the people smiling are less likely to be clueless optimists than the people who are happy about the rot, or profiting from it.

— Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of optimists

Noun

The campaign, which has highlighted divides over support for Israel, is a show for moderates against progressives, insiders against outsiders and pragmatists against idealists.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
Independent bookselling, rarely a way to get rich, is a meeting ground for idealists — for young people with a sense of mission, retirees embarking on a new life or middle-aged people no longer satisfied with their careers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026

Definition of idealists

Noun

Dolly also opened doors for generations of singers, songwriters, musicians and dreamers from every walk of life and across every continent.

— Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Dolly also opened doors for generations of singers, songwriters, musicians and dreamers from every walk of life, and across every continent.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of dreamers

Noun

The utopians invent paradise and the dystopians invent hell.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of utopians

Noun

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
Many researchers and romantics alike believe this could be one of the earliest depictions of human affection.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026

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