People and roles
Synonyms for optimistic
Synonyms for optimistic: hopeful and affirmative. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for optimistic
Interchangeable with optimistic in this sense
Audited under optimistic's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one optimistic carries in that sense.
- hopefuladjective, in the sense "expecting the best possible outcome"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name optimistic as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- affirmativeaffirmative is an adjective in the sense "expecting the best"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under optimistic and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
expecting the best possible outcome.
Even after losing his job, he stayed remarkably optimistic, certain something better was coming.
The true synonym
hopeful
Same sentence, swapped: Even after losing his job, he stayed remarkably hopeful, certain something better was coming.
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 optimistic in the sentence quoted.
- pessimistic
- doubtful
- arrogant
Where optimistic turns up in the game
optimistic 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 optimistic is the trap
- affirmativeadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is approving, in the sense "expressing or manifesting praise or approval", with optimistic sitting one tile away.
Play optimistic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so optimistic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other people and roles words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. optimistic carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.