hopeful

adj.

1. Having or manifesting hope.
2. Inspiring hope; promising.

n.
A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate: a group of presidential hopefuls.

hopefulness hope'ful·ness n.

adjective

Inspiring confidence or hope: cheering, encouraging, heartening, likely, promising. See help/harm/harmless.

noun

1. One who aspires: aspirant, aspirer. See seek/avoid.
2. A person who applies for or seeks something, such as a job or position: applicant, aspirant, candidate, petitioner, seeker. See seek/avoid.

adj

Definition: optimistic, expectant
Antonyms: despairing, despondent, discouraged, fearful, gloomy, hopeless, low, pessimistic, sad

adj

Definition: promising, auspicious
Antonyms: desperate, hopeless, inauspicious, pointless, unhopeful, unpromising, wretched

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IN BRIEF: n. - An ambitious and aspiring young person adj. - Having or manifesting or inspiring optimistic expectations adj. - Presaging good fortune.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forhåbningsfuld, lovende
n. - politikeraspirant, håbefuld person

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoopvol, vertrouwend, hoopgevend, veelbelovend persoon

Français (French)
adj. - plein d'espoir, optimiste, encourageant, prometteur
n. - espoir, ambitieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hoffnungsvoll, vielversprechend
n. - hoffnungsvoller junger Mensch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ελπιδοφόρος, γεμάτος ελπίδες, αισιόδοξος, αισιοδοξών

Italiano (Italian)
speranzoso, promettente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esperançoso

Русский (Russian)
многообещающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lleno de esperanzas, optimista, esperanzador, prometedor
n. - optimista

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hoppful, hoppgivande, lovande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抱有希望的, 有希望的, 有前途的, 有希望之人, 有前途之人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 抱有希望的, 有希望的, 有前途的
n. - 有希望之人, 有前途之人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 희망에 차 있는, 유망한
n. - 유망한 사람, 입 후보자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 希望に満ちた, 望みを抱いて, 有望な, 見込みのある
n. - 前途有望な人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفعم بالامل, مشجع, موح بالامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבטיח, מקווה‬
n. - ‮אדם שסביר כי יקצור הצלחה, אדם שסביר כי יתאכזב‬

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