Word Meanings - HOPEFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: HOPEFUL

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HOPEFUL)

• auspicious
• Propitious
• lucky
• favorable
• encouraging
• satisfactory
• successful
• hopeful
• promising
• happy
• golden
• fortunate
• opportune
• prosperous
• Retrievable
• Recoverable
• redeemable
• salvable
• reformable
• amendable
• Sanguine
• Warm
• ardent
• lively
• animated
• confident
• trustful

Related words: (words related to HOPEFUL)

• LIVELY
  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
• PROMISSORILY
  In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne.
• AUSPICIOUS
  1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay. 2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.
• LUCKY PROACH
  See FATHERLASHER
• SALVABLE
  Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation. Dr. H. More. -- Sal"va*ble*ness, n. -- Sal"va*bly, adv.
• ARDENT
  1. Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever. 2. Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden. 3. Warm, applied
• ANIMATING
  Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• GOLDEN
  1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age. The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
• CONFIDENT
  See DRYDEN
• SATISFACTORY
  1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation. 2. Making amends, indemnification,
• FAVORABLE
  1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1. 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate;
• FORTUNATE
  1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. 2. Receiving same unforeseen
• SANGUINENESS
  The quality of being sanguine.
• HAPPY
  1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen. Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them.
• SANGUINELESS
  Destitute of blood; pale.
• SANGUINE
  1. Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton. 2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
• RETRIEVABLE
  That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*triev"a*bly, adv.
• ENCOURAGING
  Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
• ANIMATER
  One who animates. De Quincey.
• COMPROMISE
  promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both
• UNPROMISE
  To revoke or annul, as a promise. Chapman.
• INANIMATION
  Want of animation; lifeless; dullness.
• IMPROSPEROUS
  Not prosperous. Dryden. -- Im*pros"per*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pros"per*ous*ness, n.
• CONSANGUINED
  Of kin blood; related. Johnson.
• INOPPORTUNELY
  Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.
• IRRETRIEVABLE
  Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss. Syn. -- Irremediable; incurable; irrecoverable.
• SELF-CONFIDENT
  Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant. -- Self`-con"fi*dent*ly, adv.
• FOREPROMISED
  Promised beforehand; preëngaged. Bp. Hall.