Synonyms for hope
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : hohp |
| Phonetic Transcription : hoʊp |
Top 10 synonyms for hope Other synonyms for the word hope
- aspire
- assumption
- await
- be sure of
- bright side
- buoyancy
- castles in air
- confidence
- contemplate
- count on
- daydream
- deem likely
- depend on
- dependence
- desire
- endurance
- expect
- expectancy
- expectation
- faith
- fancy
- feel confident
- fool's paradise
- foresee
- fortune
- gain
- goal
- greedy glutton
- hang in
- have faith
- hold
- hopefulness
- keep fingers crossed
- knock on wood
- light at end of tunnel
- look at sunny side
- look forward to
- optimism
- pipe dream
- pray
- presume
- promise
- promise oneself
- Promised Land
- prospect
- reliance
- rely
- reverie
- reward
- rosiness
- sanguineness
- security
- stock
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- sweat
- sweat it
- sweat it out
- take heart
- thing with feathers
- think to
- trust
- utopia
- watch for
- wish
Définition of hope
Origin :- Old English hopian "wish, expect, look forward (to something)," of unknown origin, a general North Sea Germanic word (cf. Old Frisian hopia, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch hopen; Middle High German hoffen "to hope," borrowed from Low German). Some suggest a connection with hop (v.) on the notion of "leaping in expectation" [Klein]. Related: Hoped; hoping.
- noun longing; dream
- verb long for, dream about
- I will not punish your fault so severely as Alcibiades ventured to hope.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I hope I'll have the old Bines philosophy and the young Bines spirit.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- My hope is weak that I shall ever again see you, yet it is possible.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- “I hope he will yet give the mounseer a good shaking,” muttered Smallbones.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Hope to reach Israelite Bay to-morrow, as it is only sixteen miles distant.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- But that Hope loved him ardently there was no doubt, however it might be explained.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- If you did it without that, you are a magician, as Hope once called you.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- In this case, I can only hope that in my experience it failed so to do.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- "Here is somebody who will look at Hope," cried Kate, suddenly.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The weather is heavy and cloudy, and I hope to get some rain shortly.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
Antonyms for hope
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