Optimist
//ˈɑptɪmɪst// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who expects a favourable outcome.
"We are becoming as a nation, as a world, indeed, atom-conscious. Many of us are already afflicted with atomphobia, though so far it has manifested itself only in a mirage of autoaeromotive discs and a war of words between chronic optimists and empirical pessimists concerning civilization’s probable future."
- 2 A small centreboard sailing dinghy designed to train and introduce young children into sailing.
- 3 a person disposed to take a favorable view of things wordnet
- 4 A believer in optimism.
Antonyms
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More examples"The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic."
Etymology
From French optimiste, from Latin optimus (“best”) + -ist.
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