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more promising

ADJECTIVE

hopeful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

auspicious bright encouraging gifted talented up-and-coming

STRONG

assuring reassuring rising

WEAK

able favorable happy likely lucky propitious roseate rosy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull unhappy unintelligent

WEAK

hopeless unpromising

Example Sentences

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We should all be living for the now — no doubt we’d like to, released from the memory of a recent past where the future looked so much more promising than it does today.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

The other, more promising detail is that Gen Z is translating a lot of its online life to the real world too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Ministers privately and publicly would point to at least some economic indicators that were looking more promising.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The Russian president instead proposed to divert volumes away from the European market “to more promising areas” like the Asia-Pacific region, Slovakia and Hungary, which he said were “reliable counterparties.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The rumors were even more promising: International forces had supposedly come through and taken back Kinshasa.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer