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Synonyms for hopeful
ˈhoʊp fəlhope·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabeeadjective
an ambitious and aspiring young person
"a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
Synonyms:
aspirer, wannabee, aspirant, wannabeAntonyms:
heartsick, insoluble, helpless, inauspicious, futureless, forlorn, lost, hopeless, bleak, despondent, black, despairing, unhopeful, unfortunate, dim, desperate, abjecthopefuladjective
having or manifesting hope
"a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
Antonyms:
helpless, dim, abject, inauspicious, despairing, futureless, bleak, lost, insoluble, desperate, heartsick, hopeless, unhopeful, forlorn, black, despondent, unfortunatebright, 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, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
lost, futureless, bleak, black, unhopeful, dim, hopeless, inauspicious, helpless, abject, unfortunate, heartsick, despondent, forlorn, despairing, insoluble, desperate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hopefuladjective
Synonyms:
expectant, optimistic, promising, sanguine
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hopeful":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1086 | hope | |
#2207 | smart | |
#3757 | bright | |
#6035 | brilliant | |
#7608 | confident | |
#7874 | encouraging | |
#9756 | promising | |
#10810 | vivid | |
#12379 | shining | |
#13343 | shiny | |
#14413 | optimistic | |
#17640 | hopeful | |
#23693 | upbeat | |
#28632 | wannabe | |
#39862 | lustrous | |
#52276 | burnished | |
#80169 | aspirant | |
#182974 | wannabee | |
#241176 | undimmed |
How to use hopeful in a sentence?
This aligns with our mission and it allows us to protect those who have signed up to protect us, the technology remains in development, but it’s very promising and we’re hopeful it will make a big difference in the lives of our servicemen and women.
Our family is overwhelmed and grateful for the amount of support my father received after this horrible assault. He has now arrived back in India, where he can receive the additional care and support he needs in this difficult time from our family, we are hopeful that a suspect will be arrested, because we see this as an attack on all who wear turbans and other articles of faith -- and even though my father has left New York, we will do everything we can to continue helping the investigation.
I could not believe that, actually. Like, really? That's my brother! But I understand it, though, it just shows you how hopeful people are for fantasies for dreams to come true.
Obviously the children that go on to depression the more we can identify them well the more we are hopeful that we can get preventive treatments going. Not waiting for them to be suffering but helping them beforehand, so we want to learn both to identify early children who are at true risk, help them before they struggle and learn from those that are resilient what is different about them because that might be a hint about how to help the children that are not resilient.
I’m very optimistic, I’m very hopeful for the patients, there may be other things that may come along, but we’re really looking at a potential opportunity for families right now.
Translations for hopeful
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- nadějnýCzech
- hoffnungsvollGerman
- ελπιδοφόροςGreek
- esperanzadoSpanish
- toiveikas, toivoa herättäväFinnish
- encourageantFrench
- misniúilIrish
- dòchasach, gealltanachScottish Gaelic
- pieno di speranzaItalian
- תקווהHebrew
- bihêvî, umêdewar, hêvîdar, هیوادارKurdish
- cum spe,Latin
- hoopvol, hoopgevendDutch
- håpeNorwegian
- многообещающийRussian
- rajoSomali
- hoppfull, hoppingivandeSwedish
- umutluTurkish
- обнадійливийUkrainian
- پرامیدUrdu
- 有希望Chinese
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