Optimism synonyms
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The property of being hopeful.
belief in progress
Belief in the essential goodness of the universe
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
despair (antonym)
A person or thing causing despair
The fact of being or feeling certain; assurance
The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
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Assurance is defined as a statement given for the purpose of inspiring morale or belief in yourself.
The property of being sanguine.
looking on the bright side
An inclination to expect or to hope for the best
pollyannaism
gloom (antonym)
Gloom is defined as darkness or a dark and gloomy place, or it is defined as a state of being depressed and in a bad mood.
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Leibnitz's doctrine
Belief in the essential goodness of the universe
Belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension that are directly accessible by subjective experience:
The quality or condition of being bright
good cheer
Merrymaking; revelry
Ability to recover quickly from setbacks; resilience.
Reliance on something in the future; hope:
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seeing through rose-colored glasses
An inclination to expect or to hope for the best
(Uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
Elation is defined as a feeling of great happiness or joy.
The act or state of expecting; expectation:
(Colloquial statistics) the arithmetic mean
An expectation:
Inevitability:
cynicism (antonym)
(Uncountable) a distrustful attitude
melancholy (antonym)
A tendency to be sad, gloomy, or depressed
faith (related)
A set of religious doctrines; a body of dogma:
idealism (related)
Things exist only as ideas in the mind rather than as material objects independent of the mind
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hopelessness (antonym)
doubt (antonym)
(Obs.) Apprehension or fear
The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.
hope (related)
(Uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
scepticism (related)
unease (related)
complacency (related)
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sentiment (related)
disillusionment (related)
discontent (related)
speculation (related)
philosophy of goodness
Belief in the essential goodness of the universe
logical realism
Belief in the essential goodness of the universe
Find another word for optimism. In this page you can discover 48 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for optimism, like: cheerfulness, hopefulness, belief in progress, enthusiasm, despair, confidence, encouragement, assurance, sanguineness, exhilaration and looking on the bright side.