hopeful
Syllables: hope·ful/ˈhəʊpfl̩//ˈhoʊpfl̩/
hopeful adjective: feeling hope.
Adjective
hopeful (comparative more hopeful, superlative most hopeful)
- feeling hope
- I have been very hopeful.
- I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
- inspiring hope
- It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.
- The night was further proof that the Democratic Party’s cruel summer had given way to a more hopeful election season.2024 November 9, Katie Rogers, Matt Stevens and Emily Cochrane, “How Taylor Swift Surprised Harris, and Entered a New Political Era”, in The New York Times
Noun
hopeful (plural hopefuls)
- Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
- Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and several other Republican presidential hopefuls spent Tuesday in New Hampshire, while Mike Pence, the former vice president, was in Iowa.2023 April 7, Jonathan Weisman and Jazmine Ulloa, “The Republican Who Didn’t Campaign on Independence Day? Trump.”, in The New York Times
hopeful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hopeful in Hindi
- feeling hope
- आशावादी āśāvādī, सकारात्मक sakārātmak
hopeful in Tamil
- நம்பிக்கை, எதிர்பார்ப்பை உணருதல்
hopeful in Marathi
- आशादायक
hopeful in Urdu
- hopeful
- امیدوار ummīdvār
More languagesFewer languages
- hopeful in Bengali
- আশাবাদী, আশান্বিত, আশাপ্রদ, সম্ভাবনাময়
- hopeful in Malayalam
- പ്രത്യാശയുള്ള, വിജയസൂചകമായ, ഉറപ്പുള്ള
- hopeful in Kannada
- ಭರವಸೆಯ, ಆಶಾದಾಯಕ, ನಂಬುವ, ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಳಿಯದ
- hopeful in Gujarati
- ઉમેદવાર umedvār
- hopeful in Odia
- ଆଶାପ୍ରଦ
- hopeful in Nepali
- आशाजनक
Examples of hopeful in a sentence
- What philosophy needs is to be revisioned with a more hopeful, engaged inspirational point of view.
- The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
- I got very ginchy about being left alone with Eileen, very hopeful and very anxious both at once.
Antonyms of hopeful
Forms of hopeful
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more hopeful |
| superlative | most hopeful |
| alternative form (archaic) | hopefull |
| Noun | |
| plural | hopefuls |
Origin of hopeful
From hope + -ful.
Words formed from hopeful
Phrases with hopeful
Questions about hopeful
- What does hopeful mean?
- Hopeful means feeling hope.
- What is hopeful in Hindi?
- Hopeful in Hindi is आशावादी (āśāvādī), सकारात्मक (sakārātmak). See Hopeful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hopeful?
- Hopeful can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce hopeful?
- Hopeful is pronounced /ˈhəʊpfl̩/ (UK).
Words near hopeful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hopeful (page history and authors); hopeful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hopeful (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); امیدوار (Urdu) (page history and authors); hopeful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hopeful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hopeful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઉમેદવાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); hopeful (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopeful (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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