Definitions for optimistˈɒp tə mɪst

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

op•ti•mistˈɒp tə mɪst(n.)

  1. one who characteristically looks at events or conditions with optimism.

Origin of optimist:

1760–70

op`ti•mis′ti•cal•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. optimist(noun)

    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. optimist(noun)ˈɒp tə mɪst

    ≠ pessimist

    Optimists are generally happier people.

Wiktionary

  1. optimist(Noun)

    A person who expects a favourable outcome.

  2. optimist(Noun)

    A believer in optimism.

  3. optimist(Noun)

    A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to train and introduce young children into sailing.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. optimist

    1. A neurotic person with gooseflesh, and teeth a-chatter, trying hard to be brave. 2. A man who when he falls in the soup thinks of himself as being in the swim. 3. A man who does not care what happens, so long as it doesn't happen to him.


Translations for optimist

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

optimist(noun)

a state of mind in which one always hopes or expects that something good will happen

Even when it was obvious to the others that he was not going to succeed he was full of optimism.

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