optimist
[op-tuh-mist]
- an optimistic person.
- a person who holds the belief or the doctrine of optimism.
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Origin of optimist
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Examples from the Web for optimist
Contemporary Examples
But I am an optimist, and I think this film is very optimistic.
Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of MankindMarlow Stern
November 10, 2014
She is not the only optimist in the long line of people working hard in pursuit of an AIDS vaccine.
Well then, it seems Kofi Annan is hopping off the optimist bandwagon.
Optimist: But you need to remember why so many people are leaving the labor force.
Optimist: The economy created 92,000 jobs in August (on first estimate) - that's better than nothing.
Historical Examples
Nevertheless, Mrs. Adams remained fitfully an optimist in the matter.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
In order to be an Optimist in composition you must have some stirrings of democracy in your veins.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
Well, I calls meself an optimist; I sees the worst of everyfink.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays)John Galsworthy
The reinsurer, the optimist of ill-luck and disaster, slaps his pocket with satisfaction.
The Mirror of the SeaJoseph Conrad
Once a letter spoke of the desirability of being an optimist.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
Word Origin and History for optimist
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper