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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds;
- Example: "in an optimistic mood"
- Example: "optimistic plans"
- Example: "took an optimistic view"

2. expecting the best;
- Example: "an affirmative outlook"
[syn: affirmative, optimistic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Optimistic \Op`ti*mis"tic\, a.
   1. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or
      conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for
      the best.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

optimistic
    adj 1: expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds;
           "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an
           optimistic view" [ant: pessimistic]
    2: expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" [syn:
       affirmative, optimistic]