hopefulness

noun

as in cheerfulness

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Recent Examples of hopefulness This learned hopefulness is because in romance novels, goals are readily attainable, multiple pathways to happiness can exist and perseverance is worthwhile. — Katelyn Frey, The Conversation, 10 July 2026 The other half is King’s reaction, memorized by fans who grew up in the hopefulness of the Rose years. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 For all of his inherent hopefulness as a storyteller, however, Spielberg also readily casts a wary eye at the powers that be. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026 Focus On the Good in Life Optimism is a mindset of hopefulness and a presumption that positive things will occur. — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026 Two games later, such hopefulness came across as misplaced confidence. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 3 June 2026 But anger about the technology has increased since a year ago, while excitement and hopefulness about AI is declining. — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 20 May 2026 The death of two of his sons in previous years formed the background, but Cave’s themes are hopefulness and the joy that lives at the far side of grief. — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 The tender side of Strout is her hopefulness—and that may be toughening up. — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopefulness
  1. cheerfulness
  2. hope
  3. brightness
  4. idealism
  5. optimism
  6. rosiness
Noun
  • Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Positive qualities—promptness, diligence, cheerfulness—sped up your ascent through the ranks; negative ones—laziness, dissipation, late mornings—slowed it down.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of cheerfulness
Noun
  • Any lingering hope that Netanyahu could be convinced to take part in such an endeavor now looks for the birds.
    — Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • There’s no hope left of release — of riding Dreamfyre out of the Dragonpit, of playing with chickens in a sunlit field, her two children beside her.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of hope
Noun
  • Between 2017 and 2023, Sickafoose's team probed Pluto's atmosphere during ten occultations of stars ranging in brightness from about magnitude 12 to magnitude 18, far below naked-eye visibility.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Saie’s Glowy Super Gel is a luminous, hydrating, primer-meets-base that truly gives the look of a post Euro-summer glow and brightness.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • Much of this was done with an American mixture of political self-interest and idealism.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Neptune sextiles Pluto early today, blending idealism with the power to reshape systems, habits, and shared goals.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
Definition of idealism
Noun
  • Reach out to a teammate about travel plans or a community event, because purpose fires your optimism and keeps everyone moving together.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Oil prices tumbled at the start of the week on optimism that a deal to reopen the strait could be imminent.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of optimism
Noun
  • Colquitt prefers cosmetics with a slight red tint, which suggest a rosiness normally imparted by the blood in our capillaries.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Sadie Sink’s allover wash of strawberry blonde color brings rosiness to her complexion and brings attention to her icy blue eyes.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of rosiness

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“Hopefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopefulness. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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