a. | 1. | Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. |
2. | Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; |
Noun | 1. | hopeful - an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" |
Adj. | 1. | hopeful - having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem" Antonyms: hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" |
2. | hopeful - presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" |