optimistic

adjective

op·ti·mis·tic ˌäp-tə-ˈmi-stik

Synonyms of optimistic next

: of, relating to, or characterized by optimism : feeling or showing hope for the future

an optimistic outlook

an optimistic economic forecast

a person with a hopeful, optimistic nature

I'm feeling optimistic about our chances.

The streets in question were magnificent commercial thoroughfares, … brimming with heavy streams of eager life—young, fresh, optimistic.—

Theodore Dreiser

optimistically

ˌäp-tə-ˈmi-sti-k(ə-)lē

adverb

thinking optimistically about the future

an optimistically upbeat forecast

Optimistically, he anticipates that nuclear weapons … will never be used in war again … —

Russell F. Weigley

Examples of optimistic in a Sentence

the economic predictions for the coming year are actually quite optimistic

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Last week, Trump struck an optimistic note about Saudi-Israel normalization, claiming Riyadh wasn’t demanding an independent Palestinian state in return. —

Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025 Despite record-setting fundraising and an optimistic message about efforts to get voters to the polls in 2024, voter turnout in heavily Democratic Mecklenburg once again trailed the rest of North Carolina as Democrats failed to flip the battleground state for presidential candidate Kamala Harris. —

Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2025 While these stocks struggled, Wall Street is optimistic. —

Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025 Rankin is optimistic at what feels like an ongoing theatrical recovery. —

Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for optimistic