hopeful

English

Alternative forms

hopefull (archaic)

Etymology

From hope +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊpfəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊpfəl/
Hyphenation: hope‧ful

Adjective

hopeful (comparative more hopeful, superlative most hopeful)

feeling hope
I have been very hopeful.

I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
inspiring hope
It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.

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Derived terms

Translations

feeling hope

Bulgarian: надяващ се (nadjavašt se)
Catalan: esperançat
Danish: håbefuld
Esperanto: esperebla, esperplena (eo)
Finnish: toiveikas (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: εὔελπις (eúelpis)
Irish: misniúil
Italian: speranzoso (it)
Macedonian: на́дежен (nádežen)
Plautdietsch: hopnungsvoll
Serbo-Croatian: pun nade
Spanish: esperanzado (es)
Swedish: hoppfull (sv)
Talysh:
Asalemi: اومیدوار (umidavâr)
Turkish: umutlu (tr)
Uyghur: ئۈمىدۋار (ümidwar)

inspiring hope

Bulgarian: обнадеждаващ (bg) (obnadeždavašt), многообещаващ (bg) (mnogoobeštavašt)
Catalan: esperançador
Czech: nadějný (cs)
Finnish: toivoa herättävä
Greek:
Ancient: εὔελπις (eúelpis)
Macedonian: охрабру́вачки (ohrabrúvački)
Russian: обнадёживающий (ru) m (obnadjóživajuščij)
Serbo-Croatian: koji ulijeva nadu
Somali: rajo
Spanish: esperanzador
Swedish: hoppingivande

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Dutch: hoopvol (nl) (feeling hope), hoopgevend (nl) (promising)
French: encourageant (fr)
German: hoffnungsvoll (de)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھیوادار (hîwadar)

Northern Kurdish: hêvîdar (ku), umêdewar (ku), bihêvî (ku)
Scottish Gaelic: gealltanach, dòchasach

Noun

hopeful (plural hopefuls)

Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.