Hopeful : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hopeful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Hopeful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hopeful adj having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem" Antonym(s): hopeless 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" Synonym(s): bright, hopeful, promising n an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" Synonym(s): aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hopeful \Hope"ful\, a. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. --Hooker. 2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. [bd]Hopeful scholars.[b8] --Addison. -- {Hope"fully}, adv. -- {Hope"fulness}, n.