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- [hohp-fuh l]
- /ˈhoʊp fəl/
- /ˈhəʊp.fəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hohp-fuh l]
- /ˈhoʊp fəl/
Definitions of hopeful word
- adjective hopeful full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism. 1
- adjective hopeful exciting hope; promising advantage or success: a hopeful prospect. 1
- noun hopeful a person who shows promise or aspires to success: the Democratic presidential hopeful. 1
- noun hopeful Feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event. 1
- adjective hopeful person: optimistic 1
- noun hopeful optimistic of doing sth 1
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Origin of hopeful
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70; hope + -ful
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hopeful
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hopeful popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
hopeful usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hopeful
adj hopeful
- eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- buoyant — If you are in a buoyant mood, you feel cheerful and behave in a lively way.
- sanguine — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
adjective hopeful
- expectant — Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting.
- optimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
noun hopeful
- contender — A contender is someone who takes part in a competition.
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
- applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.
- seeker — a person or thing that seeks.
Antonyms for hopeful
adj hopeful
- apathetic — If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- disinterested — unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
- pessimistic — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
adjective hopeful
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
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