- expecting good things to happen or something to be successful; showing this feeling synonym positive
- We are now taking a more optimistic view.
- in an optimistic mood
- optimistic about something She's not very optimistic about the outcome of the talks.
- optimistic that… They are cautiously optimistic that the reforms will take place.
- I think you're being a little over-optimistic.
- On an optimistic note, the survey found children around the world are very resilient.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successb2, Personal qualitiesb2- He remained strongly optimistic that an agreement could be reached.
- He's very optimistic about his chances.
- These estimates were wildly optimistic.
- an essentially optimistic view of human nature
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
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