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more promising

ADJECTIVE

hopeful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

auspicious bright encouraging gifted talented up-and-coming

STRONG

assuring reassuring rising

WEAK

able favorable happy likely lucky propitious roseate rosy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull unhappy unintelligent

WEAK

hopeless unpromising

Example Sentences

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We should all be living for the now — no doubt we’d like to, released from the memory of a recent past where the future looked so much more promising than it does today.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

The company said it would continue to restructure the business to prepare it for profitability, adding that the current backdrop was more promising.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Ministers privately and publicly would point to at least some economic indicators that were looking more promising.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

On the other hand, there’s a much more promising effect that is developing in the profession.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

The whole premise of Joe’s struggle to stay in school was the prospect of a more promising future afterward.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown