Synonyms for promising
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Hopeful
hopeful, encouraging, bright, auspicious, propitious, prosperous, fair
Other
likely, favorable US, favourable UK, rosy, hot
Definitions
- adj. 1
Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
a promising young apprentice
Related words
- Word family
- promisingly
Example sentences
- encouraging Tom keeps encouraging Mary to do things on her own.
- hopeful We rise with the sun, hopeful for the day ahead.
- auspicious It's an auspicious time to launch a new organization.
- propitious We await a propitious time to act.
- hot It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.
- favorable Algeria has a favorable geography for agriculture.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| promising | steady | |
| encouraging | steady | |
| hopeful | steady | |
| auspicious | steady | |
| propitious | falling | |
| hot | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hot1
- 4 letters
- fair1, rosy2
- 6 letters
- likely2, bright1
- 7 letters
- hopeful2
- 9 letters
- favorable4
- 10 letters
- prosperous3, favourable, auspicious3, propitious3
- 11 letters
- encouraging4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rosy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prometteur
- Español
- prometedor
- Deutsch
- verheißungsvoll