Entry Word: optimism

Function: noun

Meaning: an inclination to believe in the most favorable outcome <your perpetual optimism even when things look bleak>

Synonyms sanguinity

Related Words brightness, cheerfulness, perkiness, sunniness; hope, hopefulness, rosiness; idealism

Near Antonyms pessimism, skepticism; cynicism; desperation, discouragement, disheartenment, hopelessness; bleakness, cheerlessness, dreariness, gloom, gloominess; pragmatism, realism