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hopeful
adjective as in optimistic, expectant
Strongest matches
buoyant, cheerful, comfortable, confident, eager, enthusiastic, rosy, sanguine, trusting, upbeat
adjective as in promising, auspicious
Strongest matches
cheerful, encouraging, exciting, favorable, fortunate, good, gracious, likely, pleasant, probable, reasonable, reassuring, rosy
Weak matches
advantageous, arousing, beneficial, bright, conducive, convenient, elating, enlivening, expeditious, flattering, fortifying, golden, heartening, helpful, inspiring, inspiriting, lucky, opportune, promiseful, propitious, providential, roseate, suitable, sunny, timely, well-timed
Example Sentences
Investigators are hopeful that this will close some of the loopholes that traffickers have been using to ship such waste across the world.
They were fragile, scared, defiant and somehow hopeful, if only because they were too young not to be.
Waiting to have tests in the clinic, surrounded by hopeful women who - like me - were probably thinking of the success rates.
But city officials are hopeful that extensive “winterization efforts,” which include improving drainage, filling in cracks and lining canyon walls, can help minimize the effect of any new rain.
Department of Health and Human Services — some are hopeful that the GOP can exercise its governing power to revive a psychedelic movement that has shown signs of losing steam.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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