Synonyms:
hopeful
Meaning: having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
Synonyms:
bright, hopeful, promising
Meaning: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
Meaning: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
Usage examples
Gorky was hopeful; Smolny had made concessions.
Still I am hopeful, nay, more than hopeful,--confident.
When a slave reached this decision, he was in a very hopeful state.
Perhaps his face showed it, for Mrs. Ashe added in a more hopeful tone,--
So, the happy pair, with this hopeful marriage contract thus signed, sealed, and delivered, repair homeward.
Everything looks hopeful for the depot journey if only we can get our stores and ponies past the Glacier Tongue.
But a change of habits was invariably known to be upsetting, and Miss Mapp was hopeful that in a day or two he would feel quite a different man.
In an older community there is less of hopeful ambition; one's position depends more on what his fathers achieved; in the new community, more on what he does himself.
This patriarch's unfavorable opinion as to the prospects of the colored people was shared by my hopeful young widower before mentioned, who expressed himself quite as emphatically.
The name of the craft was "Majestic." The hopeful John endeavored to do his utmost to please, and was doubly happy when he learned that the "Majestic" was to make a trip to Philadelphia.