promising, favorable; showing hope; full of hope, optimistic
person who shows promise of future success; one who aspires to a certain office or position, candidate
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Hopeful Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.
Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.
(a.)
Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFull of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
hopeful
\hope"ful\ (?), a.
1. full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited.
2. having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "hopeful scholars." -- hope"ful*ly , adv. -- hope"ful*ness , n.
hopeful
adj
1. having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem" [ant: hopeless]
2. presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: fortunate, rosy]
n : an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of madonna wannabes" [syn: aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee]
Noun
1. an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
(synonym) aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee
(hypernym) applicant, applier
Adjective
1. having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
(antonym) hopeless
(similar) anticipant, anticipative, expectant
(see-also) encouraging
2. presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
(synonym) fortunate, rosy
(similar) auspicious
Hopeful Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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