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as in longing; dream
as in long for, dream about

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hopes

noun as in longing; dream

Strongest matches

  • achievement
  • ambition
  • anticipation
  • aspiration
  • belief
  • concern
  • confidence
  • desire
  • expectation
  • faith
  • goal
  • optimism
  • promise
  • prospect
  • wish

Strong matches

  • assumption
  • buoyancy
  • daydream
  • dependence
  • endurance
  • expectancy
  • fancy
  • fortune
  • gain
  • hopefulness
  • reliance
  • reverie
  • reward
  • rosiness
  • sanguineness
  • security
  • stock
  • utopia

Weak matches

  • Promised Land
  • bright side
  • castles in air
  • fool's paradise
  • greedy glutton
  • light at end of tunnel
  • pipe dream
  • thing with feathers

verb as in long for, dream about

Strongest matches

  • anticipate
  • assume
  • believe
  • cherish
  • count on
  • expect
  • hold
  • wish

Strong matches

  • aspire
  • await
  • contemplate
  • desire
  • foresee
  • pray
  • presume
  • rely
  • suppose
  • surmise
  • suspect
  • sweat
  • trust

Weak matches

  • be sure of
  • deem likely
  • depend on
  • feel confident
  • hang in
  • have faith
  • keep fingers crossed
  • knock on wood
  • look at sunny side
  • look forward to
  • promise oneself
  • sweat it
  • sweat it out
  • take heart
  • think to
  • watch for

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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