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Optimistic

Optimistic Meaning & Definition
Optimistic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Optimistic?

[adj] expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"
[adj] expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Optimistic: affirmative | bullish | cheerful | pollyannaish | rose-colored | rosy | sanguine | starry-eyed | upbeat

Related Terms | Find terms related to Optimistic: agape | agog | all agog | anticipant | anticipating | anticipative | anticipatory | awaiting | beaming | blithe | blithesome | bright | bright and sunny | buoyant | certain | cheerful | cheery | chiliastic | confident | couleur de rose | eager | elated | eupeptic | euphoric | exalted | exhilarated | expectant | expecting | flushed | forearmed | forestalling | forewarned | gaping | genial | glad | gladsome | glowing | happy | high | hopeful | idealistic | in anticipation | in expectation | in good spirits | in high spirits | irrepressible | laughing | Leibnizian | looking for | looking forward to | millenarian | millennialistic | not surprised | of good cheer | perfectibilitarian | perfectionist | pleasant | positive | prepared | radiant | ready | riant | roseate | rose-colored | rosy | sanguine | sanguineous | smiling | sparkling | sunny | sure | unsurprised | upbeat | utopian | waiting | waiting for | watching for | winsome

See Also | hopeful | positive

Optimistic In Webster's Dictionary

\Op`ti*mis"tic\, a. 1. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best. 2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.

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