Micawber
noun
Mi·caw·ber mi-ˈkȯ-bər 
-ˈkä-
: one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune
Micawberish
mi-ˈkȯ-bə-rish
adjective -ˈkä-
Word History
Etymology
Wilkins Micawber, character in the novel David Copperfield (1849–50) by Charles Dickens
First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above
Micawbers
noun
as in romanticists
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- romanticists
- optimists
- sentimentalists
- Pollyannas
- Don Quixotes
- emotionalists
- romantics
- idealists
- dreamers
- utopians
- fantasts
- idealizers
- visionaries
- ideologues
- woolgatherers
- fantasizers
- daydreamers
- idealogues
- theorists
- reformers
- doctrinaires
- do-gooders
- perfectionists
- thinkers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pessimists
- cynics
- realists
- defeatists
- empiricists
- empirics
- pragmatists
- hardnoses