Definition for Hope:

• The desire of good accompanied by expectation; anticipation; confidence; the object of desire.

Synonyms for Hope:

• adj.

  •objective (adjective)
  • desideratum.

• n.

  •Leslie Townes Hope (noun)
  • Leslie Townes Hope.
  •
  • lust after,
  • have your heart set on (doing) something.
  •
  • goal,
  • chance,
  • the initiative,
  • opening,
  • reward,
  • scope,
  • gain,
  • choice,
  • break,
  • concern,
  • Possibilities,
  • utopia,
  • end,
  • window of opportunity,
  • access,
  • fortune,
  • achievement.
  •
  • investment,
  • endurance,
  • bet,
  • light at the end of the tunnel,
  • support,
  • pious hope,
  • a ray of light/comfort,
  • strength,
  • vision,
  • mainstay,
  • prop.
  •
  • may,
  • I'd like to think (that),
  • let's hope,
  • no news is good news,
  • I hope not,
  • hopefully,
  • with any luck,
  • I trust (that),
  • ideally.
  •
  • pardon me,
  • excuse me,
  • I would prefer it if,
  • if I may say (so),
  • do you mind?,
  • pardon.
  •ambition (noun)
  • in-tent,
  • get go,
  • pre tension,
  • pre-tensions,
  • get up goes,
  • fire belly,
  • get up go,
  • pre tensions,
  • get goes,
  • get and goes,
  • pre-tension,
  • get and go,
  • in tent.
  •anticipation (noun)
  • out looks,
  • pro-mises,
  • out-look,
  • pre-occupation,
  • pre sentiments,
  • fore sight,
  • pre-science,
  • pre monitions,
  • out look,
  • pre conception,
  • fore-tastes,
  • pre-monition,
  • fore sights,
  • pre-monitions,
  • fore-taste,
  • pre conceptions,
  • pre monition,
  • out-looks,
  • pre occupations,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • fore tastes,
  • pro mise,
  • pro mises,
  • pre sentiment,
  • pro-mise,
  • fore-sight,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • fore taste,
  • pre sciences,
  • looking forwards,
  • fore-sights,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • pre-sciences,
  • pre-conception,
  • pre occupation,
  • pre science,
  • pre-occupations,
  • high hope.
  •attribute (noun)
  • hope.
  •belief (noun)
  • notion,
  • thesis,
  • hypothesis.
  •confidence (noun)
  • sure bets.
  •dependence/dependency (noun)
  • de-pendencies,
  • de pendency,
  • de pendencies,
  • trustinesses,
  • inter-dependence,
  • trustworthinesses,
  • responsiblenesses,
  • inter dependences,
  • inter-dependences,
  • de-pendency,
  • inter dependence.
  •desire (noun)
  • eagerness,
  • fondness,
  • hunger,
  • acquisitiveness,
  • greed,
  • urge,
  • longing,
  • covetousness,
  • desire,
  • passion,
  • amorousness,
  • itch,
  • craving,
  • Ardency,
  • lust,
  • need,
  • thirst,
  • yearning.
  •dream (noun)
  • de signs,
  • flight fancy,
  • de sign,
  • de-sign,
  • de-signs.
  •encouragement (noun)
  • re assurance,
  • supportings,
  • re-assuring,
  • re assurances,
  • reassurings,
  • inspiritments,
  • enlivenings,
  • re-lief,
  • shot in arm,
  • pro motions,
  • relievings,
  • solacings,
  • pro-motion,
  • re assuring,
  • consolings,
  • re lief,
  • re-assurance,
  • shot the arm,
  • re-assurances,
  • shot arm,
  • invigorations.
  •expectancy (noun)
  • pre-diction,
  • pre diction,
  • pre dictions,
  • pre-dictions.
  •expectation (noun)
  • anticipation.
  •go for (noun)
  • go for.
  •hope (noun)
  • optimism,
  • contemplation,
  • promise,
  • sureness,
  • presumption,
  • aspiration.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • desperation.
  •intent/intention (noun)
  • co nation,
  • conations,
  • nuts bolts,
  • co-nations,
  • name game,
  • in-tents,
  • co nations,
  • co-nation,
  • in tents,
  • name the game.
  •intention (noun)
  • impulsion,
  • impulsions.
  •longing; dream (noun)
  • fool's paradise,
  • dependence,
  • assumption,
  • buoyancy,
  • promised land,
  • daydream,
  • rosiness,
  • reverie,
  • greedy glutton,
  • castles in air,
  • security,
  • light at end of tunnel,
  • hopefulness,
  • bright side,
  • thing with feathers.
  •opportunity (noun)
  • leisure,
  • the running,
  • hours,
  • Prayers,
  • one's move,
  • one's say,
  • Opportunities,
  • iron in the fire,
  • the hunt,
  • good fortune,
  • one's turn,
  • hour.
  •possibility (noun)
  • attainableness,
  • achievability,
  • practicabilities,
  • practicability,
  • workableness,
  • toss up,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • likeliness,
  • tossup,
  • outside chance.
  •prospect (noun)
  • irons in fire.
  •purpose (noun)
  • where ones headed,
  • pre meditation,
  • where ones headeds,
  • pro-positions,
  • de-termination,
  • where one headed,
  • pre meditations,
  • whyfors,
  • pre-meditation,
  • pro position,
  • where headed,
  • ulterior motives,
  • whatfors,
  • pro positions,
  • de termination,
  • re-solve,
  • pre-meditations,
  • why and wherefores,
  • where one's headeds,
  • de-terminations,
  • big ideas,
  • re-solves,
  • whole ideas,
  • where one headeds,
  • why wherefores,
  • de terminations,
  • where headeds,
  • why wherefore,
  • re solves,
  • re solve.
  •reliance (noun)
  • interdependency,
  • interdependencies.
  •resort (noun)
  • re sorts,
  • re-source,
  • re source,
  • re-sorts,
  • re sources,
  • re sort,
  • re-sources,
  • re-sort.
  •rose-colored glasses (noun)
  • rosecolored glasses,
  • rosy pictures,
  • rose colored glasses,
  • dream worlds.
  •rumination (noun)
  • excogitation.
  •stock (noun)
  • re views,
  • re-views,
  • re view,
  • re-view.
  •theological virtue (noun)
  • supernatural virtue,
  • supernatural virtues.
  •thought (noun)
  • inducing,
  • ideation,
  • seeings,
  • theorization,
  • knowings,
  • ideations,
  • introspection,
  • rumination,
  • thought,
  • theorizations.
  •trust (noun)
  • entrustments,
  • entrustment.
  •virtue (noun)
  • worthiness,
  • innocence,
  • good point,
  • good points,
  • ethicality,
  • high-mindedness.
  •wish (noun)
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions,
  • in-vocations,
  • re quests,
  • in vocation,
  • dis position,
  • re-quests,
  • in vocations,
  • dis positions.

• v.

  •await (verb)
  • cooled one's heels,
  • wert prepared for,
  • is prepared for,
  • sweated out,
  • looks forward to,
  • were prepared for,
  • hanged in,
  • sweating it out,
  • cool ones heels,
  • wast ready for,
  • being ready for,
  • was ready for,
  • hangs in,
  • wert ready for,
  • am ready for,
  • being prepared for,
  • cools ones heels,
  • cools one's heels,
  • cools heels,
  • were ready for,
  • are prepared for,
  • cools one heels,
  • hung in,
  • sweats out,
  • sweated it out,
  • was prepared for,
  • cool one heels,
  • cooling one heels,
  • cooling heels,
  • am prepared for,
  • is ready for,
  • looked forward to,
  • sweats it out,
  • cooling one's heels,
  • cooled one heels,
  • wast prepared for,
  • art ready for,
  • art prepared for,
  • are ready for,
  • cooling ones heels,
  • cooled heels.
  •count (verb)
  • looks up on,
  • numbering among,
  • re-gard,
  • look up on,
  • took in to consideration,
  • numbers among,
  • takes in to consideration,
  • taking in to consideration,
  • takes into account,
  • takes into consideration,
  • looking up on,
  • looks upon,
  • looking upon,
  • took into consideration,
  • looked up on,
  • take in to account,
  • take in to consideration,
  • re gards,
  • numbered among.
  •desire (verb)
  • welcome,
  • hanker,
  • covet,
  • grasp,
  • crave,
  • pine,
  • long,
  • fancy.
  •expect (verb)
  • fore knows,
  • fore-saw,
  • sees coming,
  • bargaining on,
  • fore-knew,
  • looked ahead to,
  • being afraid,
  • fore known,
  • fore casts,
  • fore-see,
  • was afraid,
  • fore seen,
  • looking ahead to,
  • hopes for,
  • ins the cards,
  • bargained on,
  • pre suppose,
  • inned the cards,
  • pre-supposed,
  • fore seeing,
  • ins cards,
  • in cards,
  • fore-seen,
  • fore-knowing,
  • hoping for,
  • pre dict,
  • under-stands,
  • pre-dict,
  • seeing coming,
  • watches for,
  • am afraid,
  • under stand,
  • saw coming,
  • pre supposing,
  • were afraid,
  • under stands,
  • pre supposed,
  • inning the cards,
  • fore-known,
  • under-stood,
  • fore-knows,
  • fore know,
  • fore-know,
  • fore see,
  • pre supposes,
  • fore saw,
  • fore knew,
  • fore-casts,
  • fore knowing,
  • inned cards,
  • are afraid,
  • art afraid,
  • fore-sees,
  • waits for,
  • fore-cast,
  • pre-supposing,
  • fore sees,
  • looks ahead to,
  • pre-supposes,
  • wert afraid,
  • fore casting,
  • fore cast,
  • bargains on,
  • wast afraid,
  • inning cards,
  • pre-suppose,
  • under stood,
  • fore-casting.
  •hope (verb)
  • assume,
  • aspire,
  • anticipate,
  • yearn,
  • intend,
  • dream of,
  • want,
  • contemplate,
  • presume,
  • await,
  • believe.
  •long for, dream about (verb)
  • hold,
  • suspect,
  • knock on wood,
  • cherish,
  • promise oneself,
  • sweat,
  • feel confident,
  • look at sunny side,
  • think to,
  • keep fingers crossed,
  • depend on,
  • suppose,
  • foresee,
  • sweat it,
  • count on,
  • have faith,
  • deem likely,
  • take heart,
  • surmise.
  •look (verb)
  • fore tells,
  • fore telling,
  • fore tell,
  • reckoning on,
  • fore-tells,
  • reckons on,
  • reckoned on,
  • fore-telling,
  • fore-told,
  • fore told,
  • fore-tell.
  •petition (verb)
  • claim,
  • bid,
  • petition,
  • seek,
  • compete,
  • apply.
  •rely (verb)
  • de pending,
  • am confident of,
  • wast confident of,
  • re-lied,
  • re lied,
  • were confident of,
  • de pended,
  • rid on coattails,
  • being confident of,
  • believes in,
  • gambling on,
  • rode on coattails,
  • rode coattails,
  • was confident of,
  • rid coattails,
  • de pend,
  • are confident of,
  • bets bottom dollar on,
  • laying money on,
  • laid money on,
  • re-lying,
  • de-pends,
  • being sure of,
  • was sure of,
  • betting bottom dollar on,
  • de-pend,
  • haddest faith in,
  • gambles on,
  • is sure of,
  • are sure of,
  • riding on coattails,
  • is confident of,
  • re lying,
  • am sure of,
  • hath faith in,
  • believing in,
  • betted bottom dollar on,
  • de pends,
  • believed in,
  • rides on coattails,
  • de-pended,
  • ride coattails,
  • wast sure of,
  • wert sure of,
  • gambled on,
  • wert confident of,
  • rides coattails,
  • art confident of,
  • riding coattails,
  • de-pending,
  • were sure of,
  • lays money on,
  • art sure of,
  • has faith in,
  • hast faith in,
  • hadst faith in,
  • had faith in.
  •trust (verb)
  • confiding in,
  • betting on,
  • taking at face value,
  • depends on,
  • leaned on,
  • placed trust in,
  • places trust in,
  • took face value,
  • builds on,
  • thought likely,
  • leant on,
  • wert convinced,
  • relied up on,
  • building on,
  • is convinced,
  • being convinced,
  • confides in,
  • relies upon,
  • looks to,
  • confided in,
  • are convinced,
  • relied upon,
  • calculated on,
  • taking face value,
  • looked to,
  • placing confidence in,
  • took at face value,
  • relying upon,
  • take face value,
  • calculating on,
  • builded on,
  • were convinced,
  • thinking likely,
  • art convinced,
  • relying up on,
  • places confidence in,
  • am convinced,
  • leans on,
  • placing trust in,
  • takes at face value,
  • placed confidence in,
  • relies up on,
  • rely up on,
  • wast convinced,
  • betted on,
  • takes face value,
  • was convinced,
  • calculates on,
  • thinks likely,
  • bets on.
  •wish (verb)
  • sighed for,
  • praying for,
  • setting ones heart on,
  • re quested,
  • prayed for,
  • Desiderated,
  • setting heart on,
  • Desiderating,
  • sighs for,
  • sets one's heart on,
  • prays for,
  • setting one heart on,
  • sets ones heart on,
  • setting one's heart on,
  • sets one heart on,
  • set one heart on,
  • spoils for,
  • set ones heart on,
  • re-questing,
  • spoiled for,
  • re questing,
  • yenning,
  • sighing for,
  • sets heart on,
  • yenned,
  • spoilt for.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sanguineness,
  • wish for,
  • Cureless,
  • sanguinity,
  • do with,
  • despond,
  • clamor,
  • Pollyanna,
  • pine for,
  • pipe dream,
  • doomsayer,
  • thirst for,
  • rose-colored,
  • starry-eyed,
  • cassandra,
  • upbeat,
  • will,
  • stick out for,
  • Desperateness,
  • Panglossian,
  • despondence.
  •
  • idealist,
  • irremediable,
  • pessimist,
  • despairing,
  • utopian,
  • irreparable,
  • roseate,
  • unrealistic,
  • pin on,
  • seem,
  • despondency,
  • idealistic,
  • despondent,
  • worrywart,
  • desperate,
  • quixotic,
  • respectfully,
  • optimist,
  • incurable.
  •
  • live for,
  • prayer,
  • future,
  • pray,
  • hopeless,
  • sanguine,
  • rosy,
  • optimistic.
  •
  • ideal,
  • romantic,
  • dreamer,
  • mean,
  • pessimistic.
  •
  • dismal,
  • burn,
  • outlook,
  • perhaps,
  • hold out,
  • ache.
  •
  • forlorn,
  • gloomy.
  •
  • visionary.
  •
  • dark.
  •bob hope
  • Bob Hope.
  •expect
  • predicts,
  • look ahead to,
  • hope for,
  • wait for,
  • is afraid,
  • Foreknown,
  • Foreknew,
  • hoped for,
  • waiting for,
  • Predicting,
  • see coming,
  • watching for,
  • foreknows,
  • bargain on,
  • foreknow,
  • watch for,
  • in the cards,
  • watched for,
  • be afraid,
  • waited for,
  • Foreknowing.
  •trust
  • lean on,
  • think likely,
  • bet on,
  • look to,
  • trusted,
  • be convinced,
  • calculate on,
  • place trust in,
  • rely upon,
  • take at face value,
  • built on,
  • place confidence in,
  • build on,
  • depended on,
  • confide in,
  • leaning on.

Paraphrases for Hope:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    expectations.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    hopeful, hopefully.
  • Noun, plural
    expectancies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hopeful, hopefully.
  • Adverb
    hopefully.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    hopefully.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    PROSPECTS, urges, crosses, HOPPE.
  • Noun, plural
    promises, wishes, chances, desires, attempts, PROSPECTS.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prospect, anticipation, wait, waiting, chance, faith, vows.
  • Adverb
    hopeyou.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Expecting, urging, Aiming, seeking, wanting, seeing, counting, trying, asking, looking.
  • Verb, past participle
    preferred, expected, Wished, appreciated, liked, intended, Urged, Aimed, sought, interested, wanted, Asked, called, Meant.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, AM, expect, talks, aspire, want, await, wait, chance, anticipate, prefer.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    anticipates, prefers, aspires, trusts, wishes, aims, desires, wants, thinks, looks, Does.
  • Verb, base form
    expect, aspire, want, await, wait, anticipate, prefer.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Hoped, optimism, hopelessness.
  • Verb, base form
    hopefully.

Antonyms for Hope:

• n.

  • longing; dream
    hatred, distrust, hopelessness, truth, fear, disbelief, fact, pessimism, doubt, dislike, reality, discouragement, hate.

• v.

  • emotion
    despair.
  • long for, dream about
    disbelieve, know, abandon, forsake.
  • Other antonyms:
    recall, question, remember, despair of, recollect, dread.

Hope Sentence Examples:

• Is there hope for me?"

• " Not at all, I hope," said Captain Marsham.

Hypernym for Hope:

• n.

  • feeling
    hopefulness, optimism, encouragement.
  • person
    white hope, great white hope.

Hyponym for Hope:

• n.

  • attribute
    supernatural virtue, theological virtue.
  • feeling
    expectancy, feeling, anticipation.
  • person
    person, mortal, someone, soul, somebody, individual.

• v.

  • emotion
    want, wish, desire.