Synonyms for hopeful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hohp-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊp fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for hopeful Other synonyms for the word hopeful
- advantageous
- anticipating
- anticipative
- arousing
- assured
- at ease
- beneficial
- blithe
- bright
- calm
- cheering
- conducive
- content
- convenient
- elated
- elating
- emboldened
- enlivening
- expecting
- expeditious
- fair
- faithful
- fine
- fit
- flattering
- fortifying
- forward-looking
- golden
- good
- gracious
- halcyon
- heartening
- helpful
- high
- hoping
- inspiring
- inspirited
- inspiriting
- keeping the faith
- lighthearted
- likely
- looking forward to
- lucky
- opportune
- pleasant
- pleasing
- probable
- promiseful
- propitious
- providential
- reasonable
- reassured
- reassuring
- rose-colored
- roseate
- rosy
- rousing
- sanguine
- satisfied
- serene
- stirring
- suitable
- sunny
- timely
- trustful
- trusting
- unflagging
- upbeat
- uplifting
- well-timed
Définition of hopeful
Origin :- c.1200, from hope + -ful. As a noun, "one on whom hopes are set," from 1720. Related: Hopefulness.
- adj optimistic, expectant
- adj promising, auspicious
- We are bound to be hopeful, nor wrong our great-hearted father.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- One of whom she had been hopeful, had disappeared—it was supposed with another man's wife.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She leaned over and kissed her father in a hopeful, pretty way.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Here the Union men were hopeful, but the news from the East was bad.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- When that is removed, I am hopeful that we can take him without bloodshed.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- He did not quite know how he was going to manage it, but he was hopeful still.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- "I ain't as hopeful as I was a week ago," he admitted mildly.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Tip had turned his liberty to hopeful account by becoming a billiard-marker.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- But the groans of the dying men were mingled still with hopeful cries.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The people are aroused and are united; some are hopeless, some hopeful.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
Antonyms for hopeful
- apathetic
- bad
- cloudy
- dark
- depressed
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disagreeable
- discouraged
- disinterested
- down
- fearful
- gloomy
- hateful
- heavy
- hopeless
- implausible
- inauspicious
- low
- mean
- nasty
- pale
- pessimistic
- pointless
- poor
- rainy
- sad
- stormy
- unenthusiastic
- unfriendly
- unhappy
- unlikely
- unpleasant
- unpromising
- upset
- wretched
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