high hopes

noun

The optimistic belief that an aim or goal will be achieved.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhigh hopes pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe optimistic belief that an aim or goal will be achieved.

    So I waited with high hopes / And she walked in the place / I knew her smile in an instant

    1979, Rupert Holmes, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”, in Partners in Crime
    2 more examples

    Just what makes that little old ant / Think he'll move a big rubber plant? / Anyone knows an ant can't / Move a rubber tree plant / But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes / he's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes[…]

    1959, “High Hopes”, in Sammy Cahn (lyrics), Jimmy Van Heusen (music), All the Way, performed by Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges, from the film A Hole in the Head (1959)

    Living life is fun and we've just begun / To get our share of this world's delights / High hopes we have for the future

    1979, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, “We Are Family”, performed by Sister Sledge

Translations

Polish różowe kolory
  • różowe koloryTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

high hopes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20hopes

MLA

“high hopes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20hopes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high hopes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20hopes.

Source: high hopes on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.