Hopes

Synonyms for hope
noun longing; dream

prospect
desire
confidence
anticipation
belief
faith
wish
aspiration
expectation
optimism
promise

ambition
goal
achievement
concern
expectancy
fortune
reverie
endurance
daydream
dependence
fancy

reliance
sanguineness
utopia
assumption
gain
security
reward
buoyancy
stock
pipe dream
Promised Land

rosiness
hopefulness
bright side
castles in air
greedy glutton
light at end of tunnel
thing with feathers
fool’s paradise

Antonyms for hopes

dislike
hate
hatred
distrust
doubt

fear
disbelief
hopelessness
reality
despair

pessimism
fact
truth
discouragement

Synonyms
verb long for, dream about

count on
hold
assume
wish
anticipate
expect
cherish
believe
desire
rely

foresee
pray
await
contemplate
suspect
sweat
presume
aspire
suppose
trust

surmise
be sure of
deem likely
depend on
feel confident
hang in
have faith
keep fingers crossed
knock on wood
look at sunny side

look forward to
promise oneself
sweat it
sweat it out
take heart
think to
watch for

Antonyms

disbelieve
distrust
doubt

forsake
despair
fear

abandon
know

Concept Thesaurus for word hopes
3. Prospective Affections
Synonyms – noun

hope
sanguine expectation
faith (belief)
security
promise
clear sky.
hopefulness
heart of grace
castles in the air
millennium
airy hopes
beam of hope
flash of hope
bit of blue sky
balm in Gilead.
staff (support)

hopes
trust
affiance
reassurance.
well grounded hopes
assumption
buoyancy
aspiration
chateaux en Espagne
day dream
fool’s paradise
ray of hope
dawn of hope
silver lining
anchor
heaven

desire
confidence
assurance
good omen
good prospect
presumption
optimism
optimist
le pot au lait
golden dream
mirage (fallacies of vision)
gleam of hope
star of hope
silver lining of the cloud
sheet anchor

fervent hope
reliance
secureness
good auspices
bright prospect
anticipation (expectation)
enthusiasm
utopist.
Utopia
dream of Alnaschar
fond hope.
glimmer of hope
cheer
bottom of Pandora’s box
mainstay

Synonyms – verbs

hope
put one’s trust in
feel hope
cherish hope
encourage hope
feel assured
presume
anticipate.
voir en couleur de rose
put a bold face upon
take heart of grace
“lay the flattering unction to one’s soul”
reckon one’s chickens before they are hatched.
hold out hope
be in a fair way
raise expectations
reassure

trust
lean upon
entertain hope
feed hope
cling to hope
rest assured
promise oneself
be hopeful
make the best of it
put the best face upon
be of good heart
[Hamlet]
give hope
promise
look up
encourage
buoy up

confide
pin one’s hope upon
harbor hope
foster hope
live in hope
feel confident
expect (look forward to)
look on the bright side of
hope for the best
keep one’s spirits up
be of good cheer
catch at a straw
inspire hope
bid fair
flatter
cheer
embolden.

rely on
pin one’s faith upon (believe)[more]
indulge hope
nourish hope
see land
rest confident
hope for (desire)
view on the sunny side
put a good face upon
take heart
flatter oneself
hope against hope
raise hope
augur well
tell a flattering tale
assure

Synonyms – adjectives

hoping
secure (certain)
buoyant
enthusiastic
unsuspicious
free from distrust
exempt from distrust
probable
promising
of good omen
encouraging
bright

in hopes
sanguine
elated
heartsome
fearless
free from despair
exempt from despair
on the high road to
propitious
auspicious
cheering
roseate

hopeful
in good heart
flushed
utopian.
free from fear
exempt from fear
undespairing
within sight of shore
of promise
de bon augure
inspiriting
couleur de rose

confident
buoyed up
exultant
unsuspecting
free from suspicion
exempt from suspicion
self reliant.
within sight of land
full of promise
reassuring
looking up
rose-colored.

Synonyms – phrases
nil desperandum [Horace]; never say die, dum spiro spero, latet scintillula forsan, all is for the best, spero meliora; “the wish being father to the thought” [Henry IV]; “hope told a flattering tale”; rusticus
Antonyms

hopelessness

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