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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") 



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