optimism
English Thesaurus
1. a general disposition to expect the best in all things (noun.attribute)
2. the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well (noun.feeling)
| hypernym | : | hope, |
| definition | : | the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | sanguineness, sanguinity, |
| definition | : | feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident (noun.feeling) |
3. a general disposition to expect the best in all things (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | pessimism, |
| definition | : | a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | optimist, |
| definition | : | a person disposed to take a favorable view of things (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | optimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds (adj.all) |
4. the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | pessimism, |
| definition | : | the feeling that things will turn out badly (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | optimist, |
| definition | : | a person disposed to take a favorable view of things (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | optimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds (adj.all) |
5. a general disposition to expect the best in all things (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | pessimism, |
| definition | : | a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | optimist, |
| definition | : | a person disposed to take a favorable view of things (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | optimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds (adj.all) |
6. the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | pessimism, |
| definition | : | the feeling that things will turn out badly (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | optimist, |
| definition | : | a person disposed to take a favorable view of things (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | optimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds (adj.all) |
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