silver lining

noun

: a consoling or hopeful prospect

Examples of silver lining in a Sentence

If there's a silver lining to losing my job, it's that I'll now be able to go to school full-time and finish my degree earlier.

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, there could be a silver lining to the lower price tags in London. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

The song itself was written from a fairly low place — a heavier one for sure — a song that doesn’t really have a bow tie or a silver lining. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Looking at the metrics, Orvis was hard-pressed to find a silver lining. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

For Hawke, the silver lining was having the availability to commit to Sterlin Harjo’s FX crime dramedy, The Lowdown. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining"

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for silver lining

• intertwining
• realigning
• recombining
• redefining
• redesigning
• underlining
• undermining
• aligning
• assigning
• calcining
• combining
• confining

Kids Definition

silver lining

noun

: a consoling or hopeful prospect

looked for the silver lining in a bad situation