HOPEFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The feeling you have when you have hope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("hopefulness" is a kind of...):

hope (the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled)

Antonym:

hopelessness (the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success)

Derivation:

hopeful (having or manifesting hope)

Meaning:

Full of hope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hopefulness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hopefulness"):

confidence (a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable)

anticipation; expectation (anticipating with confidence of fulfillment)

Derivation:

hopeful (likely to turn out well in the future)