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Antonyms for pessimist
ˈpɛs ə mɪstpes·simist

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. pessimistnoun

    Antonyms:
    optimist

  2. pessimistnoun

    Antonyms:
    optimist

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. pessimistnoun

    a person who expects the worst

    Antonyms:
    optimist

How to use pessimist in a sentence?

  1. Kahlil Gibran:

    The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

  2. Don Marquis:

    A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.

  3. Albert Schweitzer:

    An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.

  4. George Bernard Shaw:

    A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

  5. John Maxwell:

    The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.

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