What is another word for hope?
845 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈə͡ʊp], [ hˈəʊp], [ h_ˈəʊ_p]
Hope is a powerful emotion that has inspired many people throughout history. It can be described in many different ways, using a wide range of synonyms that convey different shades of meaning. Some synonyms for hope include optimism, aspiration, expectation, faith, confidence, anticipation, and trust. Optimism, for example, suggests a positive outlook on the future while faith implies a belief in things unseen. Aspiration and anticipation speak to the energy and excitement associated with looking forward to achieving a desired goal. Confidence and trust are more grounded, indicating a sense of assurance in the face of uncertainty. Together, these synonyms paint a picture of hope as a complex, multifaceted emotion that can give us strength in difficult times.
Synonyms for Hope:
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adj.
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n.
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- Possibilities ,
- access ,
- achievement ,
- break ,
- chance ,
- choice ,
- concern ,
- end ,
- fortune ,
- gain ,
- goal ,
- opening ,
- reward ,
- scope ,
- the initiative ,
- utopia ,
- window of opportunity .
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- a ray of light/comfort ,
- bet ,
- endurance ,
- investment ,
- light at the end of the tunnel ,
- mainstay ,
- pious hope ,
- prop ,
- strength ,
- support .
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- I hope not ,
- I trust (that) ,
- I'd like to think (that) ,
- hopefully ,
- ideally ,
- let's hope ,
- may ,
- no news is good news ,
- with any luck .
- fire belly ,
- get and go ,
- get and goes ,
- get go ,
- get goes ,
- get up go ,
- get up goes ,
- in tent ,
- in-tent ,
- pre tension ,
- pre tensions ,
- pre-tension ,
- pre-tensions .
- fore sight ,
- fore sights ,
- fore taste ,
- fore tastes ,
- fore-sight ,
- fore-sights ,
- fore-taste ,
- fore-tastes ,
- high hope ,
- looking forwards ,
- out look ,
- out looks ,
- out-look ,
- out-looks ,
- pre conception ,
- pre conceptions ,
- pre monition ,
- pre monitions ,
- pre occupation ,
- pre occupations ,
- pre science ,
- pre sciences ,
- pre sentiment ,
- pre sentiments ,
- pre-conception ,
- pre-conceptions ,
- pre-monition ,
- pre-monitions ,
- pre-occupation ,
- pre-occupations ,
- pre-science ,
- pre-sciences ,
- pre-sentiment ,
- pre-sentiments ,
- pro mise ,
- pro mises ,
- pro-mise ,
- pro-mises .
- hope .
- de pendencies ,
- de pendency ,
- de-pendencies ,
- de-pendency ,
- inter dependence ,
- inter dependences ,
- inter-dependence ,
- inter-dependences ,
- responsiblenesses ,
- trustinesses ,
- trustworthinesses .
- Ardency ,
- acquisitiveness ,
- amorousness ,
- covetousness ,
- craving ,
- desire ,
- eagerness ,
- fondness ,
- greed ,
- hunger ,
- itch ,
- longing ,
- lust ,
- need ,
- passion ,
- thirst ,
- urge ,
- yearning .
- consolings ,
- enlivenings ,
- inspiritments ,
- invigorations ,
- pro motions ,
- pro-motion ,
- re assurance ,
- re assurances ,
- re assuring ,
- re lief ,
- re-assurance ,
- re-assurances ,
- re-assuring ,
- re-lief ,
- reassurings ,
- relievings ,
- shot arm ,
- shot in arm ,
- shot the arm ,
- solacings ,
- supportings .
- co nation ,
- co nations ,
- co-nation ,
- co-nations ,
- conations ,
- in tents ,
- in-tents ,
- name game ,
- name the game ,
- nuts bolts .
- assumption ,
- bright side ,
- buoyancy ,
- castles in air ,
- daydream ,
- dependence ,
- fancy ,
- fool's paradise ,
- greedy glutton ,
- hopefulness ,
- light at end of tunnel ,
- promised land ,
- reverie ,
- rosiness ,
- security ,
- thing with feathers .
- Opportunities ,
- Prayers ,
- good fortune ,
- hour ,
- hours ,
- iron in the fire ,
- leisure ,
- one's move ,
- one's say ,
- one's turn ,
- the hunt ,
- the running .
- achievability ,
- attainableness ,
- fifty-fifty ,
- likeliness ,
- outside chance ,
- practicabilities ,
- practicability ,
- toss up ,
- tossup ,
- workableness .
- big ideas ,
- de termination ,
- de terminations ,
- de-termination ,
- de-terminations ,
- pre meditation ,
- pre meditations ,
- pre-meditation ,
- pre-meditations ,
- pro position ,
- pro positions ,
- pro-positions ,
- re solve ,
- re solves ,
- re-solve ,
- re-solves ,
- ulterior motives ,
- whatfors ,
- where headed ,
- where headeds ,
- where one headed ,
- where one headeds ,
- where one's headeds ,
- where ones headed ,
- where ones headeds ,
- whole ideas ,
- why and wherefores ,
- why wherefore ,
- why wherefores ,
- whyfors .
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v.
• await- am prepared for ,
- am ready for ,
- are prepared for ,
- are ready for ,
- art prepared for ,
- art ready for ,
- being prepared for ,
- being ready for ,
- cool one heels ,
- cool ones heels ,
- cooled heels ,
- cooled one heels ,
- cooled one's heels ,
- cooling heels ,
- cooling one heels ,
- cooling one's heels ,
- cooling ones heels ,
- cools heels ,
- cools one heels ,
- cools one's heels ,
- cools ones heels ,
- hanged in ,
- hangs in ,
- hung in ,
- is prepared for ,
- is ready for ,
- looked forward to ,
- looks forward to ,
- sweated it out ,
- sweated out ,
- sweating it out ,
- sweats it out ,
- sweats out ,
- was prepared for ,
- was ready for ,
- wast prepared for ,
- wast ready for ,
- were prepared for ,
- were ready for ,
- wert prepared for ,
- wert ready for .
- look up on ,
- looked up on ,
- looking up on ,
- looking upon ,
- looks up on ,
- looks upon ,
- numbered among ,
- numbering among ,
- numbers among ,
- re gards ,
- re-gard ,
- take in to account ,
- take in to consideration ,
- takes in to consideration ,
- takes into account ,
- takes into consideration ,
- taking in to consideration ,
- took in to consideration ,
- took into consideration .
- am afraid ,
- are afraid ,
- art afraid ,
- bargained on ,
- bargaining on ,
- bargains on ,
- being afraid ,
- fore cast ,
- fore casting ,
- fore casts ,
- fore knew ,
- fore know ,
- fore knowing ,
- fore known ,
- fore knows ,
- fore saw ,
- fore see ,
- fore seeing ,
- fore seen ,
- fore sees ,
- fore-cast ,
- fore-casting ,
- fore-casts ,
- fore-knew ,
- fore-know ,
- fore-knowing ,
- fore-known ,
- fore-knows ,
- fore-saw ,
- fore-see ,
- fore-seen ,
- fore-sees ,
- hopes for ,
- hoping for ,
- in cards ,
- inned cards ,
- inned the cards ,
- inning cards ,
- inning the cards ,
- ins cards ,
- ins the cards ,
- looked ahead to ,
- looking ahead to ,
- looks ahead to ,
- pre dict ,
- pre suppose ,
- pre supposed ,
- pre supposes ,
- pre supposing ,
- pre-dict ,
- pre-suppose ,
- pre-supposed ,
- pre-supposes ,
- pre-supposing ,
- saw coming ,
- seeing coming ,
- sees coming ,
- under stand ,
- under stands ,
- under stood ,
- under-stands ,
- under-stood ,
- waits for ,
- was afraid ,
- wast afraid ,
- watches for ,
- were afraid ,
- wert afraid .
- cherish ,
- count on ,
- deem likely ,
- feel confident ,
- foresee ,
- have faith ,
- hold ,
- keep fingers crossed ,
- knock on wood ,
- look at sunny side ,
- promise oneself ,
- suppose ,
- surmise ,
- suspect ,
- sweat ,
- sweat it ,
- take heart ,
- think to .
- fore tell ,
- fore telling ,
- fore tells ,
- fore told ,
- fore-tell ,
- fore-telling ,
- fore-tells ,
- fore-told ,
- reckoned on ,
- reckoning on ,
- reckons on .
- am confident of ,
- am sure of ,
- are confident of ,
- are sure of ,
- art confident of ,
- art sure of ,
- being confident of ,
- being sure of ,
- believed in ,
- believes in ,
- believing in ,
- bets bottom dollar on ,
- betted bottom dollar on ,
- betting bottom dollar on ,
- de pend ,
- de pended ,
- de pending ,
- de pends ,
- de-pend ,
- de-pended ,
- de-pending ,
- de-pends ,
- gambled on ,
- gambles on ,
- gambling on ,
- had faith in ,
- haddest faith in ,
- hadst faith in ,
- has faith in ,
- hast faith in ,
- hath faith in ,
- is confident of ,
- is sure of ,
- laid money on ,
- laying money on ,
- lays money on ,
- re lied ,
- re lying ,
- re-lied ,
- re-lying ,
- rid coattails ,
- rid on coattails ,
- ride coattails ,
- rides coattails ,
- rides on coattails ,
- riding coattails ,
- riding on coattails ,
- rode coattails ,
- rode on coattails ,
- was confident of ,
- was sure of ,
- wast confident of ,
- wast sure of ,
- were confident of ,
- were sure of ,
- wert confident of ,
- wert sure of .
- am convinced ,
- are convinced ,
- art convinced ,
- being convinced ,
- bets on ,
- betted on ,
- betting on ,
- builded on ,
- building on ,
- builds on ,
- calculated on ,
- calculates on ,
- calculating on ,
- confided in ,
- confides in ,
- confiding in ,
- depends on ,
- is convinced ,
- leaned on ,
- leans on ,
- leant on ,
- looked to ,
- looks to ,
- placed confidence in ,
- placed trust in ,
- places confidence in ,
- places trust in ,
- placing confidence in ,
- placing trust in ,
- relied up on ,
- relied upon ,
- relies up on ,
- relies upon ,
- rely up on ,
- relying up on ,
- relying upon ,
- take face value ,
- takes at face value ,
- takes face value ,
- taking at face value ,
- taking face value ,
- thinking likely ,
- thinks likely ,
- thought likely ,
- took at face value ,
- took face value ,
- was convinced ,
- wast convinced ,
- were convinced ,
- wert convinced .
- Desiderated ,
- Desiderating ,
- prayed for ,
- praying for ,
- prays for ,
- re quested ,
- re questing ,
- re-questing ,
- set one heart on ,
- set ones heart on ,
- sets heart on ,
- sets one heart on ,
- sets one's heart on ,
- sets ones heart on ,
- setting heart on ,
- setting one heart on ,
- setting one's heart on ,
- setting ones heart on ,
- sighed for ,
- sighing for ,
- sighs for ,
- spoiled for ,
- spoils for ,
- spoilt for ,
- yenned ,
- yenning .
Other synonyms:
- Cureless ,
- Desperateness ,
- Panglossian ,
- Pollyanna ,
- ambition ,
- belief ,
- cassandra ,
- clamor ,
- despond ,
- despondence ,
- do with ,
- doomsayer ,
- pine for ,
- pipe dream ,
- resort ,
- rose-colored ,
- sanguineness ,
- sanguinity ,
- starry-eyed ,
- stick out for ,
- thirst for ,
- upbeat ,
- will ,
- wish for .
- dark .
- despairing ,
- desperate ,
- despondency ,
- despondent ,
- encouragement ,
- idealist ,
- idealistic ,
- incurable ,
- irremediable ,
- irreparable ,
- optimist ,
- pessimist ,
- pin on ,
- possibility ,
- quixotic ,
- respectfully ,
- roseate ,
- seem ,
- unrealistic ,
- utopian ,
- worrywart .
- dreamer ,
- ideal ,
- mean ,
- pessimistic ,
- romantic .
- visionary .
Other relevant words:
- Desiderate ,
- Hoped ,
- Hungered ,
- Hungering ,
- be confident of ,
- be prepared for ,
- be ready for ,
- be sure of ,
- believe in ,
- bet bottom dollar on ,
- cool heels ,
- cool one's heels ,
- cooled ones heels ,
- count ,
- desiderates ,
- dream ,
- expect ,
- gamble on ,
- hang in ,
- hang out ,
- hanging in ,
- have faith in ,
- having faith in ,
- lay money on ,
- look ,
- look for ,
- look forward to ,
- look upon ,
- looked for ,
- looked upon ,
- looking for ,
- looking forward to ,
- looks for ,
- number among ,
- pray for ,
- reckon on ,
- rely ,
- ride on coattails ,
- set heart on ,
- set one's heart on ,
- sigh for ,
- spoil for ,
- spoiling for ,
- sweat it out ,
- sweat out ,
- sweating out ,
- take into consideration ,
- taking into consideration ,
- yens .
- Foreknew ,
- Foreknowing ,
- Foreknown ,
- Predicting ,
- bargain on ,
- be afraid ,
- foreknow ,
- foreknows ,
- hope for ,
- hoped for ,
- in the cards ,
- is afraid ,
- look ahead to ,
- predicts ,
- see coming ,
- wait for ,
- waited for ,
- waiting for ,
- watch for ,
- watched for ,
- watching for .
- be convinced ,
- bet on ,
- build on ,
- built on ,
- calculate on ,
- confide in ,
- depend on ,
- depended on ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- look to ,
- place confidence in ,
- place trust in ,
- rely upon ,
- take at face value ,
- think likely ,
- trusted .
- Conation ,
- Expectance ,
- GOLDS ,
- Intendment ,
- big idea ,
- bourn ,
- bourns ,
- confidence ,
- credulities ,
- credulity ,
- dream world ,
- enterprise ,
- enterprises ,
- expectancy ,
- expectation ,
- expediency ,
- faith ,
- fire in belly ,
- foretaste ,
- foretastes ,
- get up and go ,
- high hopes ,
- idealism ,
- idealisms ,
- initiative ,
- inspiritment ,
- intendments ,
- intention ,
- intents ,
- invigoration ,
- likelihood ,
- looking forward ,
- love ,
- metaphor ,
- metonymies ,
- metonymy ,
- name of game ,
- nuts and bolts ,
- opportunity ,
- positiveness ,
- prediction ,
- prize ,
- reassurance ,
- reassurances ,
- reliance ,
- responsibleness ,
- rose-colored glasses ,
- rosy picture ,
- shot in the arm ,
- similitude ,
- spirit ,
- stimulus ,
- stock ,
- sure bet ,
- theological virtue ,
- trope ,
- tropes ,
- trust ,
- trustiness ,
- trustworthiness ,
- truthfulness ,
- ulterior motive ,
- virtue ,
- waitings ,
- whatfor ,
- where one's headed ,
- whole idea ,
- why and wherefore ,
- whyfor ,
- wish ,
- zeal .
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How to use "Hope" in context?
Hope is the driving force that propels us forward in our journey through life. It is what motivates us to reach our goals, and to keep pushing even when the odds seem insurmountable. It is the belief that, no matter how bad the situation might seem, there is a chance for something better. And, in the end, hope is what allows us to face the challenges head on and persevere.
Hope is what helps us find the strength to go on, even when things seem impossible. It is the light that guides us through the dark times, and the belief that there is something better waiting for us on the other side.
Paraphrases for Hope:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, plural
expectations.
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Noun, plural
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, plural
expectancies.
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Adverb
hopefully.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
hopefully.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Adverb
hopeyou.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
asking, counting, looking, seeing, seeking, trying, urging, wanting, Aiming, Expecting.
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Verb, past participle
appreciated, called, expected, intended, interested, liked, preferred, sought, wanted, Aimed, Asked, Meant, Urged, Wished.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
anticipate, are, aspire, await, chance, expect, prefer, talks, wait, want, AM.
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Adverb
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
hopelessness, optimism, Hoped.
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Verb, base form
hopefully.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Hope:
n.
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attribute
supernatural virtue, theological virtue.
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feeling
expectancy, feeling, anticipation.
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attribute
v.
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