hopeful

Speech parts

1. hopeful - Noun

2. hopeful - Adjective

3. hopeful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.

Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

aspirant bright aspirer promising wannabe golden juvenal blithe likely dreamer petitioner chipper optimist positive content
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Antonyms

hopeless desperate dejected black gray infra
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Hypernyms

applicant applier

Phrases with the word

hopeful sign hopeful task hopeful prospect hopeful perspective hopeful case hopeful journey

Examples

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. Arthur C. Clarke

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. Charlie Chaplin

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. Jack Layton

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. Bob Hope

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. George W. Bush

I am still hopeful we can go through the season unbeaten - a frightening thought. Arsène Wenger

Close letter words and terms

hoped for it hoped-for Hopedale hopeful case hopeful for hopeful journey