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hope has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 9 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is despair.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
“it revived their hope of winning the pennant”
the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
“in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for hope come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
“there is little or no promise that he will recover”
someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
“he was their best hope for a victory”
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
one of the three Christian virtues