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Synonyms for promising
ˈprɒm ə sɪŋpromis·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
promisingadjective
showing possibility of achievement or excellence
"a promising young man"
Antonyms:
unlikely, unfortunate, inauspiciousbright, 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, burnishedAntonyms:
unfortunate, unlikely, inauspicious
Dictionary of English Synonymes
promisingadjective
Synonyms:
encouraging, giving ground of hope
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "promising":
hopeful, auspicious, promise, encouraging, bright, up-and-coming, high-potential, exciting
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2207 | smart | |
#3757 | bright | |
#4180 | exciting | |
#4348 | promise | |
#6035 | brilliant | |
#7874 | encouraging | |
#9756 | promising | |
#10810 | vivid | |
#12379 | shining | |
#13343 | shiny | |
#17640 | hopeful | |
#39862 | lustrous | |
#47443 | auspicious | |
#52276 | burnished | |
#241176 | undimmed |
How to use promising in a sentence?
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro:
It’s a very sad day in our city when five lives were taken from us — five promising young lives.
A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
We would have preferred a deal around a new, promising investigational drug instead of this major deal that comes close to empire building, flemming Ornskov is a hard-driving and well-respected CEO and he could make this deal work, however.
Petrobras is great at over-promising and under-delivering. They are notorious in the industry, i don't know how anyone takes them seriously.
I am not sure how this will play out in the public after having this beauty contest across 200 plus locations and promising so much investment and jobs, this could feel like a bait and switch for some cities.
Translations for promising
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- prometedorCatalan, Valencian
- slibný, nadějnýCzech
- lovendeDanish
- vielversprechendGerman
- υποσχόμενοςGreek
- prometedor, prometedoraSpanish
- امیدوار کنندهPersian
- lupaavaFinnish
- prometteurFrench
- gealltanach, dòchasachScottish Gaelic
- होनहारHindi
- menjanjikanIndonesian
- promettenteItalian
- 有為, 有望Japanese
- promittensLatin
- hoopgevend, veelbelovendDutch
- lovendeNorwegian
- obiecującyPolish
- promissorPortuguese
- promițătoareRomanian
- многообещающийRussian
- löftesrik, lovandeSwedish
- umut vericiTurkish
- đầy hứa hẹnVietnamese
- פּראַמאַסינגYiddish
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