Synonyms for optimist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : op-tuh-mist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp tə mɪst


Définition of optimist

Origin :
  • 1759, from French optimiste (1752); see optimism + -ist.
  • noun positive thinker
Example sentences :
  • Nevertheless, Mrs. Adams remained fitfully an optimist in the matter.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • In order to be an Optimist in composition you must have some stirrings of democracy in your veins.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Well, I calls meself an optimist; I sees the worst of everyfink.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • The reinsurer, the optimist of ill-luck and disaster, slaps his pocket with satisfaction.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • Once a letter spoke of the desirability of being an optimist.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • The optimist of Candide was a Mallock in mourning compared to this.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • The optimist is in the majority, however, and the world is growing better.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • The optimist says "Business is twice as good as it would be if it was only half as good as it is."
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • He was always an optimist, and he always made every one feel that everything was all right.
  • Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
  • The Optimist (who has just been struck by a passing motor-car).
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 » by Various

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