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optimistic

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Synonyms & Antonyms of optimistic

having qualities which inspire hope

the economic predictions for the coming year are actually quite optimistic

Synonyms for optimistic

auspicious,
bright,
encouraging,
fair,
golden,
heartening,
hopeful,
likely,
promising,
propitious,
rose-colored,
roseate,
rosy,
upbeat

Words Related to optimistic

cheering,
comforting,
reassuring,
soothing

assured,
confident,
decisive,
doubtless,
positive,
sure,
unhesitating

beamish,
bullish,
eupeptic

favorable,
good

Near Antonyms for optimistic

cheerless,
comfortless

doubtful,
dubious,
uncertain

bearish,
grim,
negative,
unfavorable

funereal,
glum,
gray
(also grey),
miserable,
wretched

Antonyms for optimistic

bleak,
dark,
depressing,
desperate,
discouraging,
disheartening,
dismal,
downbeat,
dreary,
gloomy,
hopeless,
inauspicious,
pessimistic,
unencouraging,
unlikely,
unpromising,
unpropitious

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