Meanings
comparative more optimistic · superlative most optimistic
- Expecting the best in all possible ways.
optimistic plans
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in an optimistic mood
took an optimistic view
Reference was made in the January-February issue to some of the optimistic railway titles of the past, such as the Manchester & Milford, and the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast, neither of which got anywhere near the extremities indicated in their titles during their independent existence.
1944 November and December, “What's in a Name?”, in Railway Magazine, page 333Synonyms: upbeat, rosy · Antonyms: pessimistic
- computingAllowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
optimistic locking
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optimistic concurrency
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexpecting the best in this best of all possible worlds
adjectiveexpecting the best
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Latinoptimus
- Frenchoptim(isme)
- Frenchoptimiste
- Englishoptimist
- Englishoptimistic
Translations
Arabic مُتَفَائِل
- مُتَفَائِل (mutafāʔil)expecting a good outcome
Bulgarian оптимисти́чен
- оптимисти́чен (optimistíčen)expecting a good outcome
Catalan optimista
- optimistaexpecting a good outcome
Chinese Mandarin 樂觀的 /乐观的
- 樂觀的 /乐观的 (lèguān de)expecting a good outcome
Czech optimistický
- optimistickýexpecting a good outcome
Danish optimistisk
- optimistiskexpecting a good outcome
Dutch optimistisch
- optimistischexpecting a good outcome
Esperanto optimisma
- optimismaexpecting a good outcome
Finnish optimistinen, optimistinen
- optimistinenexpecting a good outcome
- optimistinencomputing
French optimiste
- optimisteexpecting a good outcome
German optimistisch
- optimistischexpecting a good outcome
Greek αισιόδοξος
- αισιόδοξος (aisiódoxos)expecting a good outcome
Hawaiian hauʻoli
- hauʻoliexpecting a good outcome
Hebrew אוֹפְּטִימִי
- אוֹפְּטִימִיexpecting a good outcome
Hindi आशावादी
- आशावादी (āśāvādī)expecting a good outcome
Hungarian optimista, derűlátó
- optimistaexpecting a good outcome
- derűlátóexpecting a good outcome
Italian ottimista
- ottimistaexpecting a good outcome
Japanese 楽観的
- 楽観的 (rakkanteki)expecting a good outcome
Korean 낙천적인, 낙관적인
- 낙천적인 (nakcheonjeogin)expecting a good outcome
- 낙관적인 (nakgwanjeogin)expecting a good outcome
Māori ngākau rorotu
- ngākau rorotuexpecting a good outcome
Norwegian optimistisk
- optimistiskexpecting a good outcome
Persian خوش بین, خوش بینانه
- خوش بینexpecting a good outcome
- خوش بینانهexpecting a good outcome
Polish optymistyczny
- optymistycznyexpecting a good outcome
Portuguese otimista, otimista
- otimistaexpecting a good outcome
- otimistacomputing
Romanian optimist
- optimistexpecting a good outcome
Russian оптимисти́ческий, оптимисти́чный
- оптимисти́ческий (optimistíčeskij)expecting a good outcome
- оптимисти́чный (optimistíčnyj)expecting a good outcome
Slovak optimistický
- optimistickýexpecting a good outcome
Spanish optimista
- optimistaexpecting a good outcome
Swedish optimistisk
- optimistiskexpecting a good outcome
Thai มองโลกในแง่ดี
- มองโลกในแง่ดีexpecting a good outcome
Turkish iyimser
- iyimserexpecting a good outcome
Ukrainian оптимісти́чний
- оптимісти́чний (optymistýčnyj)expecting a good outcome
Vietnamese lạc quan
- lạc quanexpecting a good outcome
Yiddish אָפּטימיסטיש
- אָפּטימיסטיש (optimistish)expecting a good outcome
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with optimistic
Cite this entry
optimistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optimistic
“optimistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optimistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optimistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optimistic.
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