Dictionary Entry
hopeful
hopeful is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
- 2adjective
Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.
- 3noun
an ambitious and aspiring young person
"a lofty aspirant"
"two executive hopefuls joined the firm"
- 4adjective
full or promise
"had a bright future in publishing"
"the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"
- 5adjective
having or manifesting hope
"a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"
"found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
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