Optimist

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who usually expects a favorable outcome.
  • n. A believer in philosophical optimism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who expects a favourable outcome.
  • n. A believer in optimism.
  • n. A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to train and introduce young children into sailing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
  • n. One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; one who experiences optimism{2}; -- opposed to pessimist.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who believes in the metaphysical doctrine of optimism.
  • n. One who believes in the present or ultimate supremacy of good over evil; one who always hopes for and expects the best; a person of hopeful disposition.
  • Of or pertaining to optimism; optimistic: as, the optimist view.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
    • Antonym
    pessimist   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul   
    Hyponym
    chiliast    millenarian    millenarist   
    Form
    optimistic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    optimists    materialist    optimism    pessimist    idealist   
     
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