Synonyms for promising
ˈprɒm ə sɪŋpromis·ing

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1. promisingadjective

   showing possibility of achievement or excellence

   "a promising young man"

   Synonyms:
   hopeful, bright

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, unfortunate, inauspicious

2. 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, shiny, undimmed, bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnished

   Antonyms:
   unfortunate, unlikely, inauspicious

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1. promisingadjective

   Synonyms:
   encouraging, giving ground of hope

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1. List of paraphrases for "promising":

   hopeful, auspicious, promise, encouraging, bright, up-and-coming, high-potential, exciting

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1. Ruud Dobber:

   This is promising news for the 30 million people living with type-2 diabetes in the United States, as heart failure is one of the earliest cardiovascular complications for them, before heart attack or stroke.

2. Herbert Hainer:

   It never feels good if you don't reach all of your goals, neither in sport, nor in business nor in your personal life. But the key thing is to never give up, we have taken our learnings from 2014 and developed an exciting and promising strategy for the period up until 2020.

3. Chris Terry:

   The turnaround potential is promising.

4. Richard Anderson:

   At this stage many questions remain, but it is certainly a promising approach.

5. Los Angeles:

   To be left on the side of the road. Sixteen years of age. It's just insanity, there's evil that's behind that, to take a life, a young promising life.