His career prospects at the company are not too promising.
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Promising
//ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ//
Synonyms for "promising" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (28)
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4 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 25 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- խոստումնալից adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Belarusian
2 entries- многаабяца́ючы adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- шматабяца́ючы adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Bulgarian
1 entries- (много)обещаващ adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Catalan
1 entries- prometedor adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 有望 adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- 有為 /有为 adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Czech
2 entries- nadějný adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- slibný adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Dutch
2 entries- hoopgevend adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- veelbelovend adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Esperanto
1 entries- promesanta adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Finnish
1 entries- lupaava adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
French
1 entries- prometteur adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
German
2 entries- erfolgsversprechend adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- vielversprechend adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Hindi
1 entries- होनहार adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Hungarian
4 entries- biztató adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- reménykeltő adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- reményteli adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- sokat ígérő adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Irish
1 entries- tréitheach adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Italian
2 entries- incoraggiante adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- promettente adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Japanese
2 entries- 有望な adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- 有為な adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Korean
1 entries- 약속하는 adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Latin
1 entries- magnae speī adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lovende adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Portuguese
1 entries- promissor adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Russian
2 entries- многообеща́ющий adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- перспекти́вный adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dòchasach adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- gealltanach adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Spanish
2 entries- halagüeño adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- prometedor adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Swedish
2 entries- lovande adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- löftesrik adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Ukrainian
3 entries- багатообіця́льний adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- багатообіця́ючий adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- перспекти́вний adj (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Mars is a promising place where we may be able to live.
Source: tatoeba (23790)
Jeff lost yesterday's match, but I'm sure he is a promising tennis player.
Source: tatoeba (53688)
Keep track of everything that looks promising.
Source: tatoeba (239315)
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