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hopeful definition
hopeful |
Grep of noun hopeful hopeful hopefulness Overview of noun hopeful The noun hopeful has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee -- (an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes") Overview of adj hopeful The adj hopeful has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) hopeful -- (having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem") 2. (1) fortunate, hopeful, rosy -- (presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions") Antonyms of adj hopeful 2 senses of hopeful Sense 1 hopeful (vs. hopeless) hopeless (vs. hopeful) => abject, resigned, unhopeful => black, bleak, dim => despairing, desperate => despondent, heartsick => forlorn => futureless => gloomy, grim => helpless, lost => incurable => insoluble Sense 2 fortunate, hopeful, rosy INDIRECT (VIA auspicious) -> inauspicious, unfortunate Similarity of adj hopeful 2 senses of hopeful Sense 1 hopeful (vs. hopeless) => anticipant, anticipative, expectant => aspirant, aspiring(prenominal), wishful, would-be(postnominal) Also See-> encouraging#1; optimistic#1 Sense 2 fortunate, hopeful, rosy => auspicious (vs. inauspicious) Attributes of adj hopeful Familiarity of adj hopeful hopeful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj hopeful hopeful unhopeful Overview of noun hopeful The noun hopeful has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee -- (an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes") Overview of adj hopeful The adj hopeful has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) hopeful -- (having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem") 2. (1) fortunate, hopeful, rosy -- (presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions")
hopeful definition