English dictionary

optimism

/'/A/pt/I/,m/I/z/@/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

noun.feeling

Source: WordNet 3.0
a general disposition to expect the best in all things

noun.attribute

Antonyms pessimism

Source: WordNet 3.0
The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.

noun

Source: webster1913