Synonyms for optimism
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome.
I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.
Related words
- Word family
- optimal optimist optimistic optimize
Forms
- Plural
- optimisms → hopes, cheerfulnesses, sunlights…
Example sentences
- sunlight You should protect your eyes from direct sunlight.
- cheerfulness His character doesn't include cheerfulness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| optimism | steady | |
| sunlight | rising | |
| cheerfulness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hope1
- 8 letters
- sunlight2
- 12 letters
- cheerfulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sunlight2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- optimisme
- Italiano
- ottimismo
- Español
- optimismo
- Deutsch
- Optimismus