The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.
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Optimist
//ˈɑptɪmɪst//
Synonyms for "optimist" (24 found)
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Related words (12)
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4 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَفَائِل noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Armenian
2 entries- լավատես noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- լավատես noun (a believer in optimism)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- nikbin noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- nikbin adam noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Catalan
2 entries- optimista noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimista noun (a believer in optimism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 樂天派 /乐天派 noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Czech
1 entries- optimista noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Dutch
3 entries- optimist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimist noun (a believer in optimism)
- optimist noun (a small centre-board sailing dinghy)
Esperanto
1 entries- optimisto noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Finnish
2 entries- optimisti noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimistijolla noun (a small centre-board sailing dinghy)
French
2 entries- optimiste noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimiste noun (a believer in optimism)
Galician
1 entries- optimista noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Georgian
1 entries- ოპტიმისტი noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
German
4 entries- Optimist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- Optimist noun (a believer in optimism)
- Optimistin noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- Optimistin noun (a believer in optimism)
Greek
1 entries- αισιόδοξος noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Hebrew
4 entries- אופטימי noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- אופטימי noun (a believer in optimism)
- אופטימיסט noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- אופטימיסט noun (a believer in optimism)
Hungarian
1 entries- optimista noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Ido
1 entries- optimisto noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Japanese
2 entries- 楽観主義者 noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- 楽観主義者 noun (a believer in optimism)
Latvian
1 entries- optimists noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Lithuanian
1 entries- optimistas noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Marathi
1 entries- आशावादी noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Māori
1 entries- kiri mariu noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Norwegian
1 entries- Optimist noun (a small centre-board sailing dinghy)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- optimist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimist noun (a believer in optimism)
- optimistjolle noun (a small centre-board sailing dinghy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- optimist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimist noun (a believer in optimism)
- optimistjolle noun (a small centre-board sailing dinghy)
Polish
2 entries- optymista noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optymistka noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Portuguese
2 entries- otimista noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- otimista noun (a believer in optimism)
Romanian
2 entries- optimist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimistă noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Russian
4 entries- оптими́ст noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- оптими́ст noun (a believer in optimism)
- оптими́стка noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- оптими́стка noun (a believer in optimism)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- optìmist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optìmist noun (a believer in optimism)
- оптѝмист noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- оптѝмист noun (a believer in optimism)
Spanish
1 entries- optimista noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Swedish
3 entries- optimist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimist noun (a believer in optimism)
- optimistjolle noun (a small centre-board sailing dinghy)
Turkish
4 entries- iyimser noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- iyimser noun (a believer in optimism)
- nikbin noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- optimist noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Ukrainian
1 entries- оптиміст noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người lạc quan noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
Volapük
4 entries- frediman noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- frediman noun (a believer in optimism)
- hifrediman noun (a person who expects a favourable outcome)
- hifrediman noun (a believer in optimism)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Helen is by nature an optimist.
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I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.
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I am an optimist by nature.
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