English-Thai Dictionary

optimistic

ADJ โดย คาดหวัง สิ่ง ที่ ดี  pessimistic doi-kad-wang-sing-ti-de

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OPTIMISTIC

OPTIMISTIC Op `ti *mis "tic, a.

 

1. (Metaph.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

 

2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

optimistic

op ti mis tic |ˌäptəˈmistik ˈˌɑptəˈˌmɪstɪk | ▶adjective hopeful and confident about the future: the optimistic mood of the sixties | he was optimistic about the deal. • involving an overestimate: previous estimates may be wildly optimistic. DERIVATIVES op ti mis ti cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

optimistic

op ¦ti |mis ¦tic |ɒptɪˈmɪstɪk | ▶adjective hopeful and confident about the future: the optimistic mood of the Sixties | the government was optimistic that reform would take place. • (of an estimate ) unrealistically high: previous estimates of whale numbers may be wildly optimistic. DERIVATIVES optimistically adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

optimistic

optimistic adjective 1 she felt optimistic about the future: hopeful, confident, positive, cheerful, cheery, sanguine, bright, buoyant, full of hope, bullish, Panglossian, Pollyannaish; informal upbeat; dated of good cheer. ANTONYMS pessimistic, hopeless. 2 the forecast is optimistic: encouraging, promising, hopeful, reassuring, favorable, auspicious, propitious. ANTONYMS ominous, gloomy. WORD TOOLKIT See confident . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them. WORD SPECTRUM: optimistic / pessimistic

optimistic hopeful full of hope confident self-confident self-assured sanguine positive expecting the best looking on the bright side cheery cheerful of good cheer buoyant bullish upbeat chirpy sunny in good spirits in high spirits good-humored good-natured friendly agreeable accommodating willing to go along

neutral

undecided uncommitted disinterested detached unenthusiastic unenthused dispirited disheartened blue down down in the dumps gloomy gloom-ridden glum downbeat negative lugubrious discouraged crestfallen lacking confidence having lost heart depressed despairing despondent hopeless pessimistic

Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

optimistic

optimistic adjective 1 always optimistic, Anne felt sure that she would see him: cheerful, cheery, positive, confident, hopeful, sanguine, bullish, buoyant, bright; disposed to look on the bright side, inclined to look through rose-coloured spectacles, always expecting the best, full of hope, Pollyannaish, Panglossian; informal upbeat; archaic of good cheer. ANTONYMS pessimistic, negative. 2 the forecast is certainly more optimistic: encouraging, promising, hopeful, bright, rosy, reassuring, favourable, auspicious, propitious. ANTONYMS pessimistic, gloomy, ominous. WORD TOOLKIT optimistic See confident . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

optimistic

op ti mis tic /ɑ̀ptɪmɪ́stɪk |ɔ̀p -/形容詞 more ～; most ～ «…に関して /…ということに » 楽観 [楽天 ]的な , くよくよしない «about /that 節 » (↔pessimistic )▸ I am very optimistic about the future .私は将来についてはまったく楽観しています ▸ Everyone is optimistic that everything is going to work out .だれもが何もかもうまくいきそうだと楽観している .ò p ti m í s ti cal ly 副詞