Optimistic

//ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Expecting the best in all possible ways.

    "in an optimistic mood"

  2. 2
    Allowing 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 concurrency"

Adjective
  1. 1
    expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds wordnet
  2. 2
    expecting the best wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
sanguineousaffirmativeaffirmativeagapeagogall agog

Example

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"This business plan of yours seems almost too optimistic. All I can say is I hope it's more than just wishful thinking."

Etymology

From optimist + -ic.

Related phrases

optimistic concurrencyover-optimistic

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