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hopeful
adjective as in optimistic, expectant
Strongest matches
buoyant, cheerful, comfortable, confident, eager, enthusiastic, rosy, sanguine, trusting, upbeat
adjective as in promising, auspicious
Strongest matches
cheerful, encouraging, exciting, favorable, fortunate, good, gracious, likely, pleasant, probable, reasonable, reassuring, rosy
Weak matches
advantageous, arousing, beneficial, bright, conducive, convenient, elating, enlivening, expeditious, flattering, fortifying, golden, heartening, helpful, inspiring, inspiriting, lucky, opportune, promiseful, propitious, providential, roseate, suitable, sunny, timely, well-timed
Example Sentences
The Taoiseach also laid out the timeline and the process undertaken by the party in selecting presidential hopefuls over the summer.
As authors, poets and hopeful writers filtered out into the crisp night, conversations abounded about what was next.
“I think it’s too early to tell what his long term prognosis is going to be, but we’re hopeful,” May said.
Though the mood was somber, it nevertheless felt more hopeful than most other protests Coheb-Taguri had attended in the last two years.
There also have been hopeful sightings of wild stars in California waters.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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