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Hopeful Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hopeful? [n] an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" [adj] presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [adj] having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hopeful: anticipant \| anticipative \| aspirant \| aspirant \| aspirer \| aspiring(p) \| auspicious \| expectant \| fortunate \| rosy \| wannabe \| wannabee \| wishful \| would-be(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hopeful: addict \| adolescent \| advantageous \| agape \| agog \| all agog \| also-ran \| anticipant \| anticipating \| anticipative \| anticipatory \| applicant \| apt \| aspirant \| aspirer \| aspiring \| assured \| auspicious \| awaiting \| baby \| baby kisser \| beaming \| blithe \| blithesome \| bright \| bright and sunny \| budding \| candidate \| certain \| cheerful \| cheering \| cheery \| chiliast \| collector \| confident \| content \| couleur de rose \| coveter \| dark horse \| defeated candidate \| desirer \| devotee \| dud \| eager \| easy \| elated \| encouraging \| eupeptic \| euphoric \| exalted \| exhilarated \| expectant \| expecting \| fair \| fancier \| favorite son \| fledgling \| flushed \| fond \| forearmed \| foreseeable \| forestalling \| forewarned \| freak \| full of hope \| gaping \| genial \| glad \| gladsome \| glowing \| golden \| halcyon \| hankerer \| happy \| heartening \| high \| hoper \| hoping \| in anticipation \| in expectation \| in good heart \| in good spirits \| in high spirits \| in hopes \| in the cards \| infant \| inspiriting \| irrepressible \| irrepressible optimist \| junior \| juvenal \| juvenile \| lame duck \| laughing \| Leibnizian optimist \| liable \| likely \| looking for \| looking forward to \| lover \| millenarian \| millennialist \| millennian \| minor \| not surprised \| odds-on \| of good cheer \| of good hope \| office seeker \| optimist \| optimistic \| perfectibilist \| perfectibilitarian \| perfectionist \| philosophical optimist \| pleasant \| political hopeful \| Pollyanna \| predictable \| predictable within limits \| prepared \| presidential timber \| presumable \| presumptive \| probable \| promising \| propitious \| pubescent \| radiant \| ray of sunshine \| ready \| reassuring \| riant \| roseate \| rose-colored \| rosy \| running mate \| sanguine \| sanguineous \| sapling \| satisfied \| secure \| seeker \| slip \| smiling \| solicitant \| sparkling \| sprig \| stalking-horse \| statistically probable \| stripling \| suitor \| sunny \| sure \| teenager \| teener \| teenybopper \| undespairing \| undisturbed \| unsurprised \| up-and-coming \| upbeat \| utopian \| verisimilar \| votary \| waiting \| waiting for \| wanter \| watching for \| winsome \| wisher \| yearner \| young hopeful \| young person \| younger \| youngest \| youngling \| youngster \| youth See Also \| applicant \| applier \| encouraging \| optimistic Hopeful In Webster's Dictionary \Hope"ful\, a. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. --Hooker. 2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. ``Hopeful scholars.'' --Addison. -- {Hope"fully}, adv. -- {Hope"fulness}, n.

Hopeful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hopeful?

[n] an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
[adj] presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
[adj] having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"

See Also | applicant | applier | encouraging | optimistic

Hopeful In Webster's Dictionary

\Hope"ful\, a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
   expectant.

         Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and
         strongly conceited.                   --Hooker.

2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of
   good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful
   prospect. ``Hopeful scholars.'' --Addison. --
   {Hope"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"ful*ness}, n.

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