Meanings
nounhopefulness (usually uncountable, plural hopefulnesses)
plural hopefulnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being hopeful.
"In the Memory of the Forest" is remarkable for the acuity of its moral vision and the vivacity of its language; what makes it extraordinary is its persuasive hopefulness.
1997 April 13, Ken Kalfus, “The Disappeared”, in The New York TimesAntonyms: hopelessness, pessimism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being hopeful.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*tōhopōn
- Old Englishtōhopa
- Old Englishhopa
- Middle Englishhope
- Englishhope
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
- Proto-Germanic*fullaz
- Englishhopeful
- Englishhopefulness
Translations
Bulgarian оптимизъм
- оптимизъм (optimizăm)property of being hopeful
Italian speranzosità
- speranzositàproperty of being hopeful
Turkish umutluluk
- umutlulukproperty of being hopeful
Cite this entry
APA
hopefulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopefulness
MLA
“hopefulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopefulness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hopefulness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopefulness.
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