optimistic
/ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/US/ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk/
optimistic adjective: expecting the best in all possible ways.
Adjective
optimistic (comparative more optimistic, superlative most optimistic)
- Expecting the best in all possible ways.
- in an optimistic mood
- optimistic plans
- Antonyms:
- pessimistic
- Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
- optimistic concurrency
- optimistic locking
optimistic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
optimistic in Hindi
- expecting a good outcome
- आशावादी āśāvādī
optimistic in Tamil
- நன்னம்பிக்கையுடைய, நன்னம்பிக்கையுள்ள, தெருள் நோக்குடைய
optimistic in Marathi
- expecting a good outcome
- आशावादी āśāvādī
optimistic in Urdu
- خوش بین, رجائت پسندانہ
More languagesFewer languages
- optimistic in Malayalam
- ശുഭാപ്തിവിശ്വാസമുളള, ശുഭപ്രതീക്ഷയുള്ള
- optimistic in Kannada
- ಬಯಕೆಯಳಿಯದ, ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಿರುವ
- optimistic in Arabic
- مُتَفَائِل mutafāʔil
- optimistic in Persian
- خوش بین, خوش بینانه
- optimistic in Thai
- มองโลกในแง่ดี
- optimistic in Vietnamese
- lạc quan
Examples of optimistic in a sentence
- His client’s lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words.
- I used to be a diehard maxi, but now I'm less optimistic about the future of Bitcoin.
- Most parents were optimistic, but others sounded a cautionary note.
Synonyms of optimistic
Antonyms
Forms of optimistic
| comparative | more optimistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most optimistic |
Origin of optimistic
From optimist + -ic.
Words formed from optimistic
Phrases with optimistic
Words that rhyme with optimistic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
29 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- holistic
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about optimistic
- What does optimistic mean?
- Optimistic means expecting the best in all possible ways.
- What is optimistic in Hindi?
- Optimistic in Hindi is आशावादी (āśāvādī). See Optimistic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is optimistic?
- Optimistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce optimistic?
- Optimistic is pronounced /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/ (UK).
Words near optimistic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: optimistic (page history and authors); optimistic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); optimistic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); optimistic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); optimistic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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