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hopeful has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 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 hopeless.
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.
having or manifesting hope
“a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets”
an ambitious and aspiring young person
“a lofty aspirant”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for hopeful come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.