📖 Definitions of "Optimistic"
adjective
- 1
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
"in an optimistic mood"
- 2
Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
"optimistic concurrency"
🔄 Synonyms of "Optimistic"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sanguinenoun | Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. |
| positivenoun | Included, present, characterized by affirmation. |
| cheerful | Noticeably happy and optimistic. |
| affirmativenoun | Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. |
| upbeatnoun | Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc. |
| bullish | Optimistic, confident; overly or foolishly optimistic or hopeful. |
| pollyannaish | (derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic. |
| starry-eyed | Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks. |
| rose-colored | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of rose-coloured. [Having a pink colour suggestive of that of a pink rose.] |
| rosynoun | (figuratively) Optimistic. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Optimistic"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pessimistic | Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Optimistic"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| starry-eyed | Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks. |
| pollyannaish | (derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic. |
| positive | Included, present, characterized by affirmation. |
| cheerful | Noticeably happy and optimistic. |
| affirmative | positive |
| bullish | Optimistic, confident; overly or foolishly optimistic or hopeful. |
| upbeat | Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc. |
| sanguine | Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. |
| rose-colored | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of rose-coloured. [Having a pink colour suggestive of that of a pink rose.] |
| rosy | (figuratively) Optimistic. |
| hopeful | feeling hope |
| confidencenoun | A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. |
| confident | Very sure of something; positive. |
| ambitious | (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction. |
| complacent | Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug. |
| encouraging | Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious. |
| favourable | Expressing or indicating favour or goodwill; approving, encouraging. |
| satisfied | In a state of satisfaction. |
| convinced | In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily. |
| sure | Certain in one's knowledge or belief. |
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