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optimistic adjective 1.•she felt optimistic about the future:hopeful, confident, positive, cheerful, cheery, sanguine, bright, buoyant, full of hope, bullish, Panglossian, Pollyannaish | informal upbeat | dated of good cheer. ANT pessimistic, hopeless. 2.•the forecast is optimistic:encouraging, promising, hopeful, reassuring, favorable, auspicious, propitious. ANT ominous, gloomy.WORD TOOLKIT See confident .Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.WORD SPECTRUM: optimistic / pessimistic| optimistichopefulfull of hopeconfidentself-confidentself-assuredsanguinepositiveexpecting the bestlooking on the bright sidecheerycheerfulof good cheerbuoyantbullishupbeatchirpysunnyin good spiritsin high spiritsgood-humoredgood-naturedfriendlyagreeableaccommodatingwilling to go along | neutral | undecideduncommitteddisinteresteddetachedunenthusiasticunenthuseddispiriteddisheartenedbluedowndown in the dumpsgloomygloom-riddenglumdownbeatnegativelugubriousdiscouragedcrestfallenlacking confidencehaving lost heartdepresseddespairingdespondenthopelesspessimistic |
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