optimistic
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˌɑːptɪˈmɪstɪk/
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optimista
- When faced with challenges, a creative person is curious, optimistic, able to suspend judgment, and comfortable with imagination.
- optimistic about the future
- remain optimistic
- overly optimistic
Because it doesn't seem massively optimistic from where I'm standing.
- Because it doesn't seem massively optimistic from where I'm standing.
- And because I had hope, became optimistic, believed that I'd get out.
- And then I'm going to turn to an optimistic ending.
- May I mean, maybe permanently, but I, I remain optimistic, right.
- You don't sound that optimistic to me, JB.
- I think the film is both terrifying and optimistic, maybe alternating.
- So yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm optimistic, but it's a difficult time.
- So I'm really really excited and optimistic about this foundation.
- You should be always endlessly optimistic and happy about doing maths.
- It's a little bit more optimistic, but either way will work.
- And I'm very optimistic about this as well.
- Being practical and realistic and being optimistic is very feasible.
- You have, you know, all these optimistic notions about human beings.
- So yeah, I'm optimistic about two things right now.
- But of course, I'm not very optimistic about that happening.
Examples
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Would you say you're optimistic for the future or not?
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There are many reasons to be optimistic as Mexico steps into the 21st century.
Academic text (1999) -
We're both more optimistic now than ever.
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And I can tell you it's a very optimistic report on our first year.
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However, not everyone was optimistic about the draw.
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How can we be optimistic right now?
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Well, I wish I was as optimistic as you.
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I feel so optimistic.
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The shadow of melancholy and doubt that had obscured his optimistic nature had passed.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many people are optimistic about the future after the recent advancements in technology.
Synonyms
189
1.8
Feeling positive and expecting a good result
99
3.8
Feeling cheerful and hopeful, sometimes too positive for the situation
26
3.2
Expecting good things in the future
Antonyms
How Optimistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word optimistic comes from the Latin word optimus, meaning 'best', and you can see the same root in optimum or optimal, which talk about the 'best' choice. So to be optimistic is to look at the future as the 'best' and 'expect good things' to happen.