What are some opposite words for desperate?
Antonyms for desperate
ˈdɛs pər ɪt, -prɪtdes·per·ate
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term desperate.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
desperate
Antonyms:
cool, calm, cautious, timid, shy, irresolute, remediable, hopeful, promising, propitiousSynonyms:
wild, daring, audacious, determined, reckless, abandoned, rash, furious, frantic, despairing, regardless, mad, desponding, hapless, inextricable, irremediable
Princeton's WordNet
desperateadjective
a person who is frightened and in need of help
"they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
Antonyms:
cowardly, beseeching, imploring, fearful, hopeful, noncritical, noncrucial, pleading, irresolute, safedespairing, desperateadjective
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
"a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
Antonyms:
cowardly, hopeful, fearful, safe, noncrucial, beseeching, imploring, pleading, irresolute, noncriticalSynonyms:
heroic, do-or-die(a), despairing, diredesperate, do-or-die(a)adjective
desperately determined
"do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"
Antonyms:
noncrucial, fearful, imploring, beseeching, irresolute, safe, hopeful, noncritical, cowardly, pleadingdesperateadjective
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
"a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"
Antonyms:
fearful, irresolute, noncrucial, safe, beseeching, pleading, noncritical, cowardly, imploring, hopefulSynonyms:
heroic, do-or-die(a), dire, despairingdesperate, heroicadjective
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
"made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"
Antonyms:
imploring, cowardly, fearful, noncritical, noncrucial, pleading, safe, beseeching, hopeful, irresoluteSynonyms:
heroical, dire, do-or-die(a), epic, heroic, larger-than-life, despairing, expansive, granddesperateadjective
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
"felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"
Antonyms:
hopeful, imploring, fearful, noncrucial, pleading, beseeching, safe, irresolute, cowardly, noncriticalSynonyms:
heroic, do-or-die(a), dire, despairingdesperate, direadjective
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
"a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
Antonyms:
cowardly, pleading, irresolute, noncritical, fearful, safe, imploring, hopeful, noncrucial, beseechingSynonyms:
dread(a), fearful, dreaded, dire, terrible, do-or-die(a), horrendous, fearsome, horrific, heroic, awful, frightening, despairing, direful, dreadful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
desperateadjective
Synonyms:
irretrievable, hopeless, incurable, remediless, outrageous, atrocious, monstrous, heinous
How to use desperate in a sentence?
Here's my message to everybody in Washington : Pass this infrastructure bill. We are desperate in the states.
House Democrats ran an entire campaign dishonestly promising that they alone could fix a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Now that they've completely failed and their poll numbers are tanking, they are desperate to shift blame, voters aren't going to buy their excuses for a second.
Parents are desperate for their kids to be out in nature with their peers and away from tech devices after two years of social distancing.
She is desperate that our daughter has been kept away from her mother and father now for four months.
There are two schools of thought, people will be very tense and careful and nervous, or people will just be desperate to get out of the house. It's going to probably be a mixture.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1286 | safe | |
#1457 | cool | |
#6496 | desperate | |
#7387 | calm | |
#9756 | promising | |
#11163 | shy | |
#17640 | hopeful | |
#18081 | cautious | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#25804 | pleading | |
#33672 | timid | |
#38914 | cowardly | |
#101541 | imploring | |
#105236 | propitious | |
#109613 | beseeching | |
#185651 | irresolute | |
#193812 | noncritical | |
#274023 | remediable |
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