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Nouns (6)

hope

n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

hope

n. a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"

Hope

n. [the strong wish for something and the confidence that it will happen]

Hope

n. a kind of programming language

hope

n. one of the three Christian virtues

promise

n. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"

Verbs (4)

hope

v. be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"

go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

trust, desire

v. expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

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Fuzzynyms (95)

longing, yearning, hungriness

n. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

philosophy

n. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"

conviction, strong belief, article of faith

n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

expectation, outlook, prospect

n. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

creed, credo

n. any system of principles or beliefs

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

denomination

n. a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"

fondness, fancy, partiality

n. a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

vagary

n. an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"

ambition, aspiration, dream

n. a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"

wish, wishing, want

n. a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

potential, potentiality, potency

n. the inherent capacity for coming into being

belief

n. any cognitive content held as true

religion, faith, religious belief

n. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"

faith

n. loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"

hope, trust, desire

v. expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

expect, look, await, wait

v. look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee

v. realize beforehand

anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter

v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

expect

v. consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

intend, mean, think

v. have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

study, meditate, contemplate

v. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"

chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

envision, foresee

v. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

visualize, visualise

v. make visible; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized"

hope, go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

expect, look, await, wait

v. look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee

v. realize beforehand

anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter

v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

expect

v. consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

think

v. dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?"

Synonyms (0)

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Antonyms (4)

despair

n. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"

pessimism

n. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

Hopelessness

n. [the lack of hope]

despair

v. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

run out > spill over > hope

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