Emotions

Synonyms for hopeful

The synonym for hopeful recorded in this bank is optimistic, in the sense "feeling or expressing optimism about a future outcome". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for hopeful

optimisticadjective, in the sense "feeling or expressing optimism about a future outcome"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and hopeful carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsEmotions

feeling or expressing optimism about a future outcome

She remained hopeful that her application would be accepted.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

optimistic

Same sentence, swapped: She remained optimistic that her application would be accepted.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for hopeful in the sentence quoted.

doubtful
indifferent
ashamed

Where hopeful turns up in the game

hopeful is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where hopeful is the trap

underdognoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is longshot, in the sense "a competitor given little chance of winning", with hopeful sitting one tile away.

Play hopeful

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hopeful reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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jealousadjectiveenviousfeeling resentful envy of someone's achievements or advantagesFoothillsHas a reason line joynoundelighta feeling of great happinessFoothillsHas a reason line nervousadjectiveanxiouscausing or fraught with or showing anxietyFoothillsHas a reason line trepidationnounapprehensionfear or anxiety about something about to happenRidgelineHas a reason line unbiasedadjectiveindifferentcharacterized by a lack of partialityHigh Camp unfeelingadjectivehardhearteddevoid of feeling for othersSummit meanwhilenounmeantimethe time between one event, process, or period and anotherFoothillsHas a reason line meetverb, adjectivefitfill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restrictionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hopeful carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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