optimist
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈɑːptɪmɪst/
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optimista
- As an optimist, he always looks for the silver lining in difficult situations.
- optimists and pessimists
- an eternal optimist
- optimists tend to
And she said, yes, I'm an optimist who worries a lot.
- And she said, yes, I'm an optimist who worries a lot.
- So I consider myself an optimist and a stark realist.
- Again, geniuses are passionate optimists who are creatively discontent.
- And because he was such an optimist, he didn't see the narcissist coming.
- And I would recommend that you be an optimist, not a pessimist.
- And the optimist in me was like, no, but now I don't know.
- So that's that's one reason for being an optimist.
- So I'm, you know, maybe an internal optimist on this.
- So it goes victim, pessimist, optimist, realist.
- And he said Ben's a real optimist, love him, but real optimist.
Examples
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I am often asked whether I am an optimist or a pessimist.
Academic text (1992) -
When faced with difficult situations, optimists are also more likely to have positive emotional reactions.
Academic text (2006) -
I am an optimist and I think yes, we have to.
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You are always the optimist.
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Think of me as the last European optimist.
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I'm a long term optimist for many reasons.
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"Maybe he does like you," his mother, ever the optimist, had replied.
Fiction book (1998) -
And she said, yes, I'm an optimist who worries a lot.
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And so our world today has been formed by optimists of the past.
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So I consider myself an optimist and a stark realist.
Synonyms
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8.2
A person who always expects the best, even when things are bad
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7.4
A person who expects good things to happen in hard times
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9.9
A person who always expects good things to happen, even in bad situations
A person who always expects things to turn out well and stays positive
A person who keeps expecting good things even when it seems unlikely
A person who is very optimistic in a way that ignores real problems
A person who stays happy and ignores real problems
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
A person who always expects things to turn out well and stays positive
How Optimistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
optimist = optimism (transparent) = optim + ist
The agentive suffix '-ist' forms 'person who holds or practices X' from 'optimism', so the meaning 'person who expects the best' is directly predictable.
Etymology
Optimist comes from the Latin root optimus, meaning 'best', plus the ending -ist for a person, and it shares the same root as optimal. So, an optimist is a person who expects the best or looks on the bright side.