Hopeful

Adjective

 * 1) Feeling hope.
 * I have been very hopeful.
 * I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
 * 1) Inspiring hope.

Antonyms

 * hopeless
 * desperate

Noun

 * 1) Somebody who is hoping for success or victory.
 * Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.

Adverbs for Hopeful
joyously;  mysteriously;   unaccountably; pleasurably; excitedly; hysterically; passionately; thrillingly; unreasonably; impatiently; ardently; keenly; eagerly; charmingly; joyfully; fervently; patiently; gloriously; fairly; increasingly; stubbornly; naturally; exultantly;  pathetically;   philosophically; earnestly; crazily; presumptuously; fondly; absurdly; reverently; extraordinarily.

Thesaurus
Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, addict, adolescent, advantageous, agape, agog, all agog, also-ran, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, applicant, apt, aspirant, aspirer, aspiring, assured, auspicious, awaiting, baby, baby kisser, beaming, blithe, blithesome, bright, bright and sunny, budding, candidate, certain, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chiliast, collector, confident, content, couleur de rose, coveter, dark horse, defeated candidate, desirer, devotee, dud, eager, easy, elated, encouraging, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, expectant, expecting, fair, fancier, favorite son, fledgling, flushed, fond, forearmed, foreseeable, forestalling, forewarned, freak, full of hope, gaping, genial, glad, gladsome, glowing, golden, halcyon, hankerer, happy, heartening, high, hoper, hoping, in anticipation, in expectation, in good heart, in good spirits, in high spirits, in hopes, in the cards, infant, inspiriting, irrepressible, irrepressible optimist, junior, juvenal, juvenile, lame duck, laughing, liable, likely, looking for, looking forward to, lover, millenarian, millennialist, millennian, minor, not surprised, odds-on, of good cheer, of good hope, office seeker, optimist, optimistic, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical optimist, pleasant, political hopeful, predictable, predictable within limits, prepared, presidential timber, presumable, presumptive, probable, promising, propitious, pubescent, radiant, ray of sunshine, ready, reassuring, riant, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, running mate, sanguine, sanguineous, sapling, satisfied, secure, seeker, slip, smiling, solicitant, sparkling, sprig, stalking-horse, statistically probable, stripling, suitor, sunny, sure, teenager, teener, teenybopper, undespairing, undisturbed, unsurprised, up-and-coming, upbeat, utopian, verisimilar, votary, waiting, waiting for, wanter, watching for, winsome, wisher, yearner, young hopeful, young person, younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth

Adjective

 * Swedish: hoppfull


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 * Somali: rajo


 * Swedish: hoppingivande


 * Dutch: (feeling hope), hoopgevend (promising)
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