| Meaning | Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds. |
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| Examples | - "in an optimistic mood"
- "optimistic plans"
- "took an optimistic view"
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| Narrower | bullish | Expecting a rise in prices |
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| cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat | pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic |
| rose-colored, rosy | Reflecting optimism / optimism |
| sanguine, sanguineous | confidently optimistic and cheerful |
| starry-eyed | unrealistically or naively optimistic |
| See also | hopeful | Having or manifesting hope |
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| positive | Characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. |
| Opposite | pessimistic | Expecting the worst possible outcome |
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| Spanish | optimista, optimístico |
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| Catalan | optimista, optimístic |
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| Nouns | optimism | a general disposition to expect the best in all things |
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| optimism | the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well |
| Adverbs | optimistically | with optimism / optimism |
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