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Synonyms & Antonyms of optimist
a person who usually expects good things to happen
- You have to be a bit of an optimist to start a business.
- Somehow he remained an optimist despite all that had happened to him.
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“Optimist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of optimist was in 1759
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