"hope" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: anticipation, expectancy - an expectation
is a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states
subtypes:
- hopefulness - the feeling you have when you have hope
- encouragement - the feeling of being encouraged
- optimism - the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well
is a type of: expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future

subtypes: rainbow - an illusory hope

same as: promise
is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being

subtypes: great white hope, white hope - someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field
is an instance of: comedian, comic - a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

same as: bob hope, leslie townes hope
is a type of: supernatural virtue, theological virtue - according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues

Verb

is a type of: wish - hope for; have a wish

same as: desire, trust
is a type of: desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly
is a type of: be after, plan - have the will and intention to carry out some action

same as: go for