| Main Entry: | forward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advancing, early |
Synonyms: |
ahead, forth, forward-looking, in advance, leading, onward, precocious, premature, progressing, progressive, propulsive, well-developed |
Antonyms: |
backward, later, past, reversing |
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | optimistic, expectant |
Synonyms: |
anticipating, anticipative, assured, at ease, blithe, buoyant, calm, cheerful, comfortable, confident, content, eager, elated, emboldened, enthusiastic, expecting, faithful, forward-looking, high, hoping, inspirited, keeping the faith, lighthearted, looking forward to, reassured, rose-colored, rosy, sanguine, satisfied, serene, trustful, trusting, unflagging, upbeat |
| Notes: | hopeful means having or inspiring hope; optimistic means expecting the best |
Antonyms: |
despairing, despondent, discouraged, fearful, gloomy, hopeless, low, pessimistic, sad |
| Main Entry: | positive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, helpful |
Synonyms: |
affirmative, constructive, effective, efficacious, forward-looking, good, practical, productive, progressive, reasonable, sound, useful |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, negative, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
Synonyms: |
accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, bleeding-heart, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead, gradual, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left of center, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming, up-to-date, wide |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | revolutionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, progressive |
Synonyms: |
advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, contemporary, cutting edge*, developing, forward-looking, innovative, just out, latest, left, modern, novel, open-minded, radical, state-of-the-art*, up-and-coming |
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
hopeful, auspicious, bright, buoyant, buoyed up, cheering, confident, elated, encouraging, enthusiastic, exempt from despair, exempt from distrust, exempt from fear, exempt from suspicion, exultant, fearless, flushed, free from despair, free from distrust, free from fear, free from suspicion, full of promise, hoping, in good heart, in hopes, inspiriting, looking up, of good omen, of promise, on the highroad to, panglossian, probable, promising, propitious, reassuring, rose-colored, roseate, sanguine, secure, self-reliant, undespairing, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, utopian, within sight of land, within sight of shore
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