hopeful

  • (a) having or manifesting hope
    • a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets
    • found a hopeful way of attacking the problem
  • (s) full or promise
    • had a bright future in publishing
    • the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career
    • a hopeful new singer on Broadway
    promising, bright,

Nouns

  • (n) an ambitious and aspiring young person
    • a lofty aspirant
    • two executive hopefuls joined the firm
    • the audience was full of Madonna wannabes
    aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee,

Synonyms

aspirant aspirer wannabe wannabee promising bright

Antonyms

hopeless

See also

encouraging optimistic

Words of close approximity

hopefully hopefulness