hopeful
hopeful is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "Hopeful scholars." Addison. -- Hope"ful*ly, adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- according
- affiance
- air
- airy
- all
- anchor
- anticipation
- apparent
- apparently
- appearance
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- balm
- beam
- belief
- believe
- belike
- ben
- bid
- bit
- blue
- bottom
- box
- bright
- buoyancy
- chance
- cheer
- circumstantial
- clear
- cloud
- color
- colorable
- confidence
- count
- credibility
- credible
- credibleness
- dare
- dawn
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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