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[ op-tuh-mist ] / ˈɒp tə mɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR optimist ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan optimistic person. a person who holds the belief or the doctrine of optimism. Origin of optimist1760–70; <French optimiste<Latin optim(um) (see optimum) + French -iste-ist OTHER WORDS FROM optimistan·ti·op·ti·mist, noun, adjectiveo·ver·op·ti·mist, nounsu·per·op·ti·mist, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH optimistcynic, optimist , pessimist, skepticWords nearby optimistoptic tract, optic vesicle, optimal, optime, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimization, optimize, optimum, optimum dose Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for optimistThe reason I’m an optimist is that never before has the world been so aware of a problem and businesses so aware that they are part of the solution. Indra Nooyi: Why I’m optimistic about business’s role in solving climate change|jakemeth|October 9, 2020|Fortune These justifications, say the optimists, trump the traditional metrics and explain why tech can keep churning higher. Want to understand why tech stocks are crashing? This metric explains it all|Shawn Tully|September 9, 2020|Fortune So I tend to be an optimist, if we can manage to get effective-enough governments. What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? (Ep. 410)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 26, 2020|Freakonomics But I am an optimist, and I think this film is very optimistic. Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind|Marlow Stern|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is not the only optimist in the long line of people working hard in pursuit of an AIDS vaccine. Why Can't We Find an AIDS Vaccine?|Kent Sepkowitz|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Well then, it seems Kofi Annan is hopping off the optimist bandwagon. The Thin Veneer of African 'Democracy'|Justin Green|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Pessimist: I thought you said you were an optimist - not a fantasist. Post-Convention Hangover: America Isn't Working|David Frum|September 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST Optimist: But you need to remember why so many people are leaving the labor force. Post-Convention Hangover: America Isn't Working|David Frum|September 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST If a patient be an optimist and persuades himself he is improving, he does improve. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia|Isaac G. Briggs For years he has reproached the optimist with the charge that he lived by dreams rather than realities. Pieces of Hate|Heywood Broun The optimist raises the average of the world by his presence, the pessimist lowers the average. Dollars and Sense|Col. Wm. C. Hunter Ever an optimist, he affirmed that no one would see or hear. Just William|Richmal Crompton He was an easy, natural conversationalist, the kind of a man who "listens" well—an optimist, a dreamer. The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne
Words related to optimistidealist, dreamer, hoper |