What is another word for hopeful?
603 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ hˈə͡ʊpfə͡l], [ hˈəʊpfəl], [ h_ˈəʊ_p_f_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for hopeful:- Panglossian (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- ambitious (adjective)
- auspicious (adjective)
- believable (adjective)
- bright (adjective)
- cheerful (adjective)
- confident (adjective)
- convincing (adjective)
- desirous (adjective)
- encouraged (adjective)
- encouraging (adjective)
- expectant (adjective)
- favorable (adjective)
- fortunate (adjective)
- gravid (adjective)
- hopeful (adjective)
- lucky (adjective)
- optimistic (adjective)
- possible (adjective)
- pregnant (adjective)
- promising (adjective)
- promising, auspicious (adjective)
- propitious (adjective)
- rose-colored (adjective)
- sanguine (adjective)
- secure (adjective)
- upbeat (adjective)
- utopian (adjective)
- wishful (adjective)
- would-be (adjective)
- amateur (noun)
- aspirant (noun)
- aspiring (noun)
- candidate (noun)
- contestant (noun)
- hopeful (noun)
- petitioner (noun)
- other synonyms
- encouraging
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Hopeful:
adj.
•Panglossian (adjective)- looking the bright side,
- looking bright side,
- looking through rosecolored glasses,
- looking through rose colored glasses.
- hard ball,
- ball of fire,
- get up and go,
- fireball,
- High-reaching,
- go getter,
- goal-oriented,
- bent upon,
- power-loving,
- inspired,
- self-starting,
- thirsty,
- come on strong.
- perky,
- chirpy,
- zappy,
- heartiest,
- upbeat,
- hilarious,
- in good spirits,
- sunny side up,
- zingy,
- gladsome,
- snappy,
- chirpiest,
- full of pep,
- chirpier,
- in high spirits.
- in-trepid,
- self sufficient,
- pre sumptuous,
- self reliant,
- selfsufficient,
- un afraid,
- un-daunted,
- pre-sumptuous,
- self assured,
- more racked,
- Racked,
- up pity,
- un-afraid,
- puffed up,
- up-pity,
- un daunted,
- fearless,
- most intrepid,
- most racked,
- in trepid,
- selfassured,
- selfreliant.
- valid,
- most telling,
- more telling,
- in-controvertible,
- re-liablest,
- more reasonable,
- re-liabler,
- most swaying,
- more believeable,
- re liabler,
- faithful,
- in controvertible,
- more valid,
- more swaying,
- most believeable,
- re liable,
- re-liable,
- re liablest,
- impressive.
- covetous,
- yearning,
- passionate,
- amorous,
- fond,
- itching,
- eager,
- greedy,
- hungry,
- wishful,
- Thirsting,
- longing,
- ardent,
- urgent,
- grasping,
- needful,
- Lusting,
- acquisitive,
- desirous,
- hankering.
- more aided,
- more roused,
- more emboldened,
- most aided,
- in spirited,
- more inspirited,
- more enlivened,
- most roused,
- most enlivened,
- in-spirited,
- most cheered,
- most inspirited,
- most emboldened,
- more cheered.
- most reassuring,
- more convenient,
- more reassuring,
- full of promise,
- re-assuring,
- full promise,
- most toward,
- more toward,
- most pleasureful,
- more pleasureful,
- re assuring.
- providential,
- get a break,
- in luck,
- born with a silver spoon,
- more fortunate,
- sunny side,
- healthy,
- in the gravy.
- everything going,
- striking it rich,
- striking rich,
- coming roses,
- on streak,
- in groove,
- in to something,
- on a streak,
- getting break,
- hit big,
- more serendipitous,
- most serendipitous.
- more reassured,
- most reassured,
- most shoo in,
- well-founded,
- more shoo in,
- re solute,
- unanxious,
- more shoo-in,
- most shooin,
- more unanxious,
- in the bag,
- shooin,
- un-anxious,
- well founded,
- re-solute,
- wellfounded,
- in bag,
- tried true,
- un anxious,
- most unanxious,
- most shoo-in,
- nailed down,
- re assured,
- on ice,
- re-assured,
- shoo in,
- more shooin.
- more idealist,
- more pie-in-the-sky,
- un feasible,
- most fantasy,
- most idealist,
- more pie in the sky,
- most pie in the sky,
- most ideological,
- un-feasible,
- dreamest,
- more ideological,
- more fantasy,
- most pie-in-the-sky.
n.
•amateur (noun)- putterer,
- Non-professional,
- hopefuls,
- probationers,
- probationer,
- uninitiate,
- putterers,
- bush leaguer,
- novices,
- Smatterer.
Other synonyms:
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- coming.
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- bullish.
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- positive.
- glad.
- cheerfully,
- chicken,
- auspiciously,
- younker,
- little one,
- dud,
- exultant,
- beneficial,
- sanguineous,
- blithesome,
- exhilarated,
- satisfied,
- hopefulness,
- optimistically,
- flatter oneself,
- comfortable,
- convenient,
- front-runner,
- gay,
- hobbledehoy,
- fine,
- serene,
- lightsome,
- Forewarned,
- colt,
- infant,
- hope,
- undisturbed,
- caterpillar,
- bairn,
- millenarian,
- elated,
- reliable,
- Millennialist,
- in expectation,
- fervid,
- staddle,
- Rosily,
- tadpole,
- blithe,
- politician,
- Desiring,
- halcyon,
- helpful,
- pupa,
- slip,
- promisingly,
- presumptive,
- foetus,
- happy,
- cub,
- calm,
- olive branch,
- Coveter,
- favourable,
- exciting,
- expeditious,
- Wisher,
- ecstatic,
- positively,
- yearner,
- teener,
- pollyannaish,
- reassuring,
- Youngling,
- nymph,
- nice,
- optimist,
- expectation,
- probable,
- agape,
- junior,
- shoo-in,
- comforting,
- cheery,
- lad,
- rousing,
- nestling,
- liable,
- flushed,
- larva,
- vista,
- enthusiastic,
- elf,
- prospective,
- happily,
- apprehensive,
- collector,
- lobbyist,
- easy,
- presumable,
- chipper,
- Panglossian,
- expectantly,
- radiant,
- teenager,
- reassuringly,
- all agog,
- hoper,
- be fond of,
- brightly,
- flattering,
- content,
- be hopeful,
- rapturous,
- Undespairing,
- certain,
- burnished,
- glowing,
- inspiriting,
- juvenile,
- blooming,
- in good heart,
- unsurprised,
- buoyed up,
- panorama,
- lover,
- like,
- predictable,
- boy,
- Buoyed,
- promiseful,
- be expected,
- forearmed,
- scion,
- perfectionist,
- seedling,
- beaming,
- youngster,
- keen,
- anxious,
- delighted,
- younger,
- bouncing,
- jolly,
- millennian,
- rhapsodic,
- boon,
- odds-on,
- schoolboy,
- trustful,
- sap,
- Codlin,
- zealous,
- cadet,
- ready,
- callow,
- child,
- emboldened,
- Chiliast,
- buoyant,
- Awaiting,
- stripling,
- long shot,
- jocund,
- forestalling,
- parturient,
- Perfectibilist,
- fancier,
- vivid,
- sprig,
- sparkling,
- assured,
- lamb,
- fledgling,
- youth,
- sunny,
- suitable,
- riant,
- exalted,
- pleasant,
- agog,
- reassured,
- gaping,
- brat,
- fortifying,
- high,
- encouragingly,
- baby,
- fair,
- watching for,
- dark horse,
- aspect,
- Aurelia,
- eagerly,
- genial,
- Bantling,
- conducive,
- calf,
- Arousing,
- fortunately,
- whelp,
- take heart,
- not surprised,
- buoyantly,
- fit,
- office-seeker,
- Anticipating,
- Whipster,
- mirthful,
- youngest,
- supporter,
- Toward,
- minor,
- codling,
- freak,
- prepared,
- in the cards,
- sapling,
- kitten,
- up-and-coming,
- credible,
- Hoping,
- Cheeringly,
- inspiring,
- reasonable,
- looking,
- confidently,
- Expecting,
- addict,
- pubescent,
- wanter,
- pup,
- young person,
- teenybopper,
- party hack,
- whippersnapper,
- smiling,
- lighthearted,
- Heartsome,
- contributor,
- backer,
- hankerer,
- foreseeable,
- Nympha,
- good,
- adolescent,
- lively,
- votary,
- Inspirited,
- waiting for,
- master,
- campaigner,
- pickaninny,
- in prospect,
- interviewee,
- elating,
- Eupeptic,
- enlivening,
- ray of sunshine,
- Solicitant,
- opportune,
- in anticipation,
- favored,
- advantageous,
- activist,
- devotee,
- delight in,
- also-ran,
- gracious,
- budding,
- fry,
- apt,
- orphan,
- looking forward to,
- gravid,
- lambkin,
- unflagging,
- merry,
- Desirer,
- watchful,
- laughing,
- irrepressible,
- in hopes,
- blissful,
- verisimilar,
- calming,
- pleasing,
- foal,
- timely,
- euphoric,
- cocoon,
- friendly,
- tendril,
- stalking-horse,
- chrysalis,
- running mate,
- urchin,
- pullet,
- Whiffet,
- stirring,
- chit,
- palmy,
- waiting,
- juvenal,
- bright and sunny,
- winsome,
- callant.
Paraphrases for Hopeful:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
hope.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
hopeless, heartening, positive, convinced.
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Noun, singular or mass
expectation, front-runner.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
confident, encouraging, bullish, sanguine, optimistic, candidate.
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Proper noun, singular
optimistic.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Hopeful:
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adj.
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all
hopeless.
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optimistic, expectant
low, down, disinterested, pointless, discouraged, sad, despondent, unenthusiastic, upset, depressed, gloomy, pessimistic, desperate, wretched, pale, heavy, despairing, apathetic, inauspicious, unhappy, fearful.
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promising, auspicious
dark, implausible, unfriendly, mean, nasty, hateful, rainy, poor, unpleasant, bad, disagreeable, cloudy, stormy.
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Other antonyms:
disheartening, grim, unlikely, dubious, uncertain, discouraging, ruinous, unpropitious, unfavorable, negative, doubtful, unencouraging, unpromising, unlucky, threatening.
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all