Definition for Hopefulness:

• The state or quality of being hopeful.

Synonyms for Hopefulness:

• n.

  •cheer (noun)
  • delight,
  • animation,
  • joyousness,
  • solace,
  • hilarity,
  • merriment,
  • glee,
  • Cheeriness,
  • comfort,
  • jauntiness,
  • good cheer,
  • mirth,
  • merriments,
  • geniality,
  • merry-making,
  • joy,
  • buoyancy,
  • encouragement,
  • hopefulness,
  • lightheartedness,
  • gaiety,
  • liveliness,
  • gladness,
  • exuberance,
  • jocundity.
  •cheerfulness (noun)
  • Light-heartedness.
  •happiness (noun)
  • delirium,
  • seventh heaven,
  • content,
  • beatitude,
  • enchantment,
  • ecstasy,
  • blessedness,
  • peace of mind,
  • contentment,
  • laughter,
  • exhilaration,
  • joviality,
  • playfulness,
  • good humor,
  • well-being,
  • euphoria,
  • paradise,
  • pleasure,
  • sanctity,
  • delectation,
  • bliss,
  • enjoyment,
  • elation,
  • rejoicing,
  • prosperity,
  • vivacity.
  •hope (noun)
  • aspiration,
  • rosiness,
  • reward,
  • dependence,
  • achievement,
  • expectation,
  • gain,
  • fortune,
  • castles in air,
  • confidence,
  • daydream,
  • thing with feathers,
  • light at end of tunnel,
  • reverie,
  • assumption,
  • anticipation,
  • promised land,
  • desire,
  • fancy,
  • bright side,
  • prospect,
  • reliance,
  • stock,
  • fool's paradise,
  • faith,
  • promise,
  • greedy glutton,
  • pipe dream,
  • goal,
  • ambition,
  • endurance,
  • belief,
  • security,
  • concern,
  • wish,
  • utopia,
  • expectancy.
  •positive thinking (noun)
  • pollyannaism.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • cheer,
  • cheerfulness,
  • good spirit,
  • happiness,
  • hope,
  • idealism,
  • joyfulness,
  • jubilation,
  • optimism,
  • positivism,
  • sanguineness,
  • sanguinity,
  • silver lining,
  • wellbeing,
  • Laughters,
  • felicity,
  • bullishness,
  • good spirits,
  • idealisms,
  • looking on bright side,
  • bright outlook,
  • great expectations,
  • rosy outlook,
  • positive thinking.

Antonyms for Hopefulness:

• n.

  • cheer
    gloom, sadness, gravity, melancholy, unhappiness, depression, seriousness.
  • cheerfulness
    cheerlessness.
  • feeling
    hopelessness.
  • happiness
    misery, sorrow, woe, pain.
  • hope
    despair, discouragement, pessimism, disbelief.
  • optimism
    doubt.

Hopefulness Sentence Examples:

• It was when our anxiety in regard to Sherman was succeeded by hopefulness and confidence that our joy became exuberant.

• Her hopefulness was returning - but not the messenger.

Hypernym for Hopefulness:

• n.

  • state
    confidence, anticipation, expectation.

Hyponym for Hopefulness:

• n.

  • feeling
    hope.
  • state
    condition, status.