hopeful
- a person who shows promise or aspires to success: the Democratic presidential hopeful.
Origin of hopeful
Synonyms for hopeful
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eager, buoyant, enthusiastic, sanguine, comfortable, cheerful, confident, rosy, upbeat, trusting, pleasant, good, probable, exciting, fortunate, encouraging, likely, favorable, reasonable, graciousExamples from the Web for hopeful
Contemporary Examples of hopeful
Is there any chance the potential 2016 hopeful will stand up to the right and embrace paid sick leave?
He remained as hopeful as ever that he would himself join the NYPD, whatever the danger.
Foxx is hopeful that young people are evolving past the point of being preoccupied with race.
But assuming things were ever that hopeful, heaven was short-lived, and trouble followed.
Bright-eyed and hopeful, she had become a national celebrity in her home country, even appearing on a TV variety show.
Historical Examples of hopeful
We are bound to be hopeful, nor wrong our great-hearted father.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
One of whom she had been hopeful, had disappeared—it was supposed with another man's wife.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
She leaned over and kissed her father in a hopeful, pretty way.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Here the Union men were hopeful, but the news from the East was bad.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
When that is removed, I am hopeful that we can take him without bloodshed.
The Hunted OutlawAnonymous
hopeful
- having or expressing hope
- giving or inspiring hope; promising
- a person considered to be on the brink of success (esp in the phrase a young hopeful)