Definition for Hopeless:

• Feeling no hope; admitting no hope, as a h. case. Hence hopelessly adv., hopelessness n.

Synonyms for Hopeless:

• adj.

  •bleak (adjective)
  • joyless,
  • funereal,
  • dreary,
  • melancholy,
  • comfortless,
  • mournful,
  • oppressive,
  • cheerless,
  • black.
  •depressing (adjective)
  • distressing.
  •despairing (adjective)
  • blue,
  • frantic,
  • depressed,
  • inconsolable.
  •despondent (adjective)
  • down,
  • disheartened,
  • low,
  • low-spirited,
  • sorrowful,
  • morose,
  • discouraged.
  •disappointed (adjective)
  • distressed,
  • unhappy.
  •disconsolate (adjective)
  • desolate.
  •dismal (adjective)
  • dull,
  • lugubrious.
  •feckless (adjective)
  • ineffective,
  • reckless,
  • ineffectual,
  • worthless.
  •hopeless (adjective)
  • impracticable,
  • pointless,
  • tragic,
  • beyond recall,
  • sinister,
  • bad,
  • vain,
  • past hope,
  • unavailing,
  • fatal,
  • threatening,
  • unmitigable,
  • menacing,
  • helpless,
  • sunk,
  • unachievable,
  • discouraging,
  • demoralized,
  • worsening,
  • woebegone,
  • irreversible,
  • lost,
  • up the creek,
  • goner,
  • spiritless.
  •impossible (adjective)
  • contrary to reason,
  • unrecoverable,
  • unattainable,
  • uncorrectable,
  • unrealizable,
  • unsuitable,
  • unobtainable,
  • infeasible.
  •incurable (adjective)
  • Immedicable,
  • inoperable,
  • irrecoverable.
  •useless (adjective)
  • inutile,
  • unusable.

• n.

  •
  • complete,
  • altogether,
  • perfectly,
  • literally,
  • absolute,
  • completely,
  • pure,
  • particular,
  • especially,
  • entire.
  •
  • incapable,
  • awful,
  • incompetent,
  • inept,
  • poor,
  • inexpert,
  • amateur.
  •
  • broken.
  •hopeless (noun)
  • futureless,
  • heartsick,
  • insoluble,
  • unskilled,
  • resigned,
  • abject.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • apocalyptic,
  • futile,
  • irreclaimable,
  • uncompetitive,
  • Whipped,
  • quixotic,
  • bleakly,
  • abandoned,
  • unworkable,
  • Cureless,
  • inauspicious,
  • sad,
  • disadvantageous,
  • ill-fated.
  •
  • faltering,
  • overambitious,
  • precarious,
  • untenable,
  • unfavorable,
  • cynical.
  •
  • dying.
  •
  • shaky.
  •downhearted
  • wit.

Paraphrases for Hopeless:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    desperate.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    pointless, useless, futile, wretched, helpless, fruitless, worthless, dire, dead-end, hopeful, distraught, deadlocked, doomed, lame, frantic, terrible, lost, meaningless, lamentable, regrettable, pathetic, dismal, disgraceful, bereft, lousy, unhelpful.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    hopelessness, despairing, impossible.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    impossible.

Antonyms for Hopeless:

• adj.

  • all
    hopeful.
  • bleak
    nice, comforting, cheerful, congenial, pleasant.
  • depressing
    cheering, happy.
  • despairing
    confident, encouraged.
  • despondent
    up, elated, spirited.
  • disappointed
    delighted, pleased, excited, satisfied.
  • disconsolate
    Soothed, Consoled, Solaced.
  • dismal
    glad, light.
  • feckless
    useful, strong, effectual, efficient, responsible, effective, purposeful, competent.
  • hopeless
    rosy, propitious, encouraging, expectant, promising, bright, optimistic, auspicious.
  • Other antonyms:
    fixable, reasonable, cheery, Panglossian, serviceable, sprightly, exultant, conceivable, chipper, rectifiable, merry, ecstatic, jubilant, usable, pollyannaish, perky, blithe, blissful, skilled, retrievable, idealist, gleeful, practical, jocund, joyous, jaunty, gladdened, vivacious, animated, working, joyful, lightsome, acceptable, applicable, recoverable, jovial, remediable, correctable, reparable, repentant, Salvable, reclaimable, repairable, romantic, regretful, exuberant, redeemable, Sprightful, remorseful, utopian, visionary, curable, lively, sorry, Savable, reassuring, heartened, salvageable, sunny, entranced, exhilarated, Pollyanna, gladsome, functional, rueful, buoyant, reformable, jolly, enraptured, euphoric, reversible, blithesome, positive, mirthful, penitent.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    found, goodness, saved, white, whiteness, won.