Synonyms for promising
ˈprɒm ə sɪŋpromis·ing

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1. promisingadjective

   showing possibility of achievement or excellence

   "a promising young man"

   Synonyms:
   hopeful, bright

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, unfortunate, inauspicious

2. bright, hopeful, promisingadjective

   full or promise

   "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"

   Synonyms:
   smart, hopeful, vivid, shiny, undimmed, bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnished

   Antonyms:
   unfortunate, unlikely, inauspicious

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1. promisingadjective

   Synonyms:
   encouraging, giving ground of hope

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1. List of paraphrases for "promising":

   hopeful, auspicious, promise, encouraging, bright, up-and-coming, high-potential, exciting

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1. Wang Aihu:

   These promising technologies will help accelerate and improve diagnoses, but will not replace good doctors, who are still needed to verify and correct diagnostic results.

2. James Bethell:

   These real-world findings are extremely promising and show our historic vaccination program is having a significant impact across The UK by reducing infections among people of all ages, including those with underlying health conditions.

3. Cecily Steinmetz:

   I would just hope that he has learned his lesson, not to deceive people like that. I was also about to believe him about everything due to his position. I mean, I would think that that would be a very upstanding person, and a very honest person, and that is how he presented himself. And I would just hope that this does n’t happen to any other women in the future. Just the lies and promising things that are never going to happen. There’s just no reason to drag people and their children into that.

4. Senator Edward Markey:

   The Chinese government's use of' exit bans' is a gross violation of international human rights norms, cynthia and Victor Liu are two promising young people have had their lives put on hold while being forced to remain in a country where they face regular surveillance, harassment, and threats from Chinese authorities.

5. Pierre Moscovici:

   We have moved closer to common understanding on reforms to be adopted in a number of areas, the government has also been engaging more constructively on the issue of privatisations. There are also promising signals on the reform of gas markets.