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

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Some young Americans are now pivoting their careers to try to seek paths that seem more promising and less likely to end up derailed by automation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

On the other hand, there’s a much more promising effect that is developing in the profession.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

However, the team identifies a different class of relatively pristine asteroids that display olivine and spinel signatures as more promising mining targets.

From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025

Another common scenario would be for one person to settle in a more promising place and other family members to follow one by one.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson