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Definition of Optimist
1. Noun. A person disposed to take a favorable view of things.
Specialized synonyms: Chiliast, Millenarian, Millenarist
Derivative terms: Optimism, Optimism
Antonyms: Pessimist
Definition of Optimist
1. n. One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
Definition of Optimist
1. Noun. A person who expects a favourable outcome. ¹
2. Noun. A believer in optimism. ¹
3. Noun. A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to train and introduce young children into sailing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Optimist
1. one who exhibits optimism [n -S]
Medical Definition of Optimist
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Optimist
Literary usage of Optimist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is the German Nation Dying For? by Karl Ludwig Krause, Adele Szold Seltzer (1918)
"XI THE optimist "LONG live the optimist! For he's the Big Dunce." Of course, the
optimist always has been with us, but the war has made him shoot up to his ..."
2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"PESSIMIST AND optimist This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, Taking his
joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while ..."
3. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"PESSIMIST AND optimist This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, Taking his
joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while ..."
4. The Story of Our Bible: How it Grew to be what it is by Harold Bruce Hunting (1915)
"The other, Ecclesiasticus, was written by an optimist. THE AUTHOR OF ECCLESIASTES
The pessimist was probably a priest in the temple at Jerusalem who wrote ..."
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