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  1. optimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    pessimistic

  2. optimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    pessimistic

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 4 votes

  1. optimisticadjective

    expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds

    "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"

    Synonyms:
    affirmative

    Antonyms:
    negative, neutral, disheartened, bearish, pessimistic, demoralized, demoralised, discouraged

  2. affirmative, optimisticadjective

    expecting the best

    "an affirmative outlook"

    Synonyms:
    affirmative, approving, approbative, approbatory, affirmatory, plausive

    Antonyms:
    demoralised, disheartened, neutral, pessimistic, bearish, discouraged, negative, demoralized

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How to use optimistic in a sentence?

  1. Angel Vila:

    We're optimistic because Hutchison has experience in negotiating other deals with (the European) Commission, also we think that Hutchison is quite keen in achieving the transaction that will allow them to be in a much better competitive position in the UK market.

  2. Chris Christie:

    The public always wants elections to be about tomorrow, not about yesterday, and that’s a good thing, that means we have an optimistic country that believes that America could be better tomorrow than it is today, and, I believe that.

  3. Iraqi Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool:

    I was not optimistic when President Trump first came to the office, but after a while I started to see a new approach, the way the U.S. was dealing with arming and training. I saw how the coalition forces were all moving faster to help the Iraq side more than before. There seemed to be a lot of support, under Obama we did not get this.

  4. Chief Financial Officer Karen Hoguet:

    Our performance in the first half of the year was not as strong as we had hoped, but we are cautiously optimistic about our ability to improve this sales trend in the fall season.

  5. Matthew Zahn:

    We remain cautiously optimistic, clearly we will learn a great deal over the next few months as people get vaccinated and we follow the epidemiology of the variants.


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