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Hopeful
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Hopeful
/ˈhəʊpfəl/
Feeling or showing a belief that something good or positive will happen.
Synonyms:
optimistic
confident
expectant
positive
assured
Antonyms:
pessimistic
doubtful
hopeless
Examples:
She felt
hopeful
about her future.
The
hopeful
fans cheered loudly for their team.
Etymology:
Derived from the Old English
hopian
, meaning to expect or have confidence in the future, combined with
-ful
, a suffix denoting
full of
.
Usage Statistics:
33 mentions per 1 million words
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