Synonyms for Hopeful
ˈhoʊp fəlhope·ful

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1. hopefulnoun

   Antonyms:
   desperate, hopeless

2. hopefuladjective

   Feeling hope.

   Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.

   Antonyms:
   desperate, hopeless

3. hopefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   hopeless, desperate

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1. aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabeeadjective

   an ambitious and aspiring young person

   "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"

   Synonyms:
   aspirer, hopeful, wannabee, aspirant, wannabe

   Antonyms:
   heartsick, insoluble, helpless, inauspicious, futureless, forlorn, lost, hopeless, bleak, despondent, black, despairing, unhopeful, unfortunate, dim, desperate, abject

2. hopefuladjective

   having or manifesting hope

   "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"

   Synonyms:
   promising, bright

   Antonyms:
   helpless, dim, abject, inauspicious, despairing, futureless, bleak, lost, insoluble, desperate, heartsick, hopeless, unhopeful, forlorn, black, despondent, unfortunate

3. bright, hopeful, promisingadjective

   full or promise

   "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"

   Synonyms:
   smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnished

   Antonyms:
   lost, futureless, bleak, black, unhopeful, dim, hopeless, inauspicious, helpless, abject, unfortunate, heartsick, despondent, forlorn, despairing, insoluble, desperate

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1. hopefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   expectant, optimistic, promising, sanguine

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1. List of paraphrases for "hopeful":

   promising, optimistic, confident, encouraging, hope, upbeat

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1. Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan:

   So far the Irish economy has maintained its reputation internationally and we're quietly hopeful we won't get a major shock from the settlement, if there are adverse consequences for Ireland, and there well may be, it's medium term but the extent of them will depend on what kind of settlement succeeds British membership and how the negotiations between the UK and EU progress.

2. Viviana Krsticevic:

   I'm absolutely positive about the court's ruling, i'm very hopeful that finally there will be a tribunal that will give justice to the victims.

3. White House:

   There continues to be significant room for improvement and we're hopeful that the impending conference between the Senate and the House to reconcile differences in that bill will provide and open up an important opportunity for strengthening this critical piece of legislation.

4. Krispy Kreme:

   We were the first national brand to launch a campaign to show support for Americans choosing to get vaccinated, and we were hopeful that others would join us, with more and more people getting vaccinated and our offer being good through the end of the year, we’re clearly on our way to giving away many millions of doughnuts as the country mobilizes to get this pandemic behind us as soon as possible. That makes us very happy!

5. Francis Collins:

   I am hopeful that that is anindication that while incrediblycontagious, this virus may be abit less likely to make peoplesick.