promising as an adjective: - 1
- 2
promising
adjective
1 promising
2 promising
Likely to turn out well in the future:
— The scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career.
synonyms: bright, hopeful.
Roget 858:
hoping
etc.
v.;
in hopes
etc.
n.;
hopeful,
confident;
secure
etc.
(certain)
484;
sanguine,
in good heart,
buoyed up,
buoyant,
elated,
flushed,
exultant,
enthusiastic;
heartsome†;
utopian.
unsuspecting,
unsuspicious;
fearless,
free from fear,
free from suspicion,
free from distrust,
free from despair,
exempt from fear,
exempt from suspicion,
exempt from distrust,
exempt from despair;
undespairing†,
self reliant.
probable,
on the high road to;
within sight of shore,
within sight of land;
promising,
propitious;
of promise,
full of promise;
of good omen;
auspicious,
de bon augure [Fr.];
reassuring;
encouraging,
cheering,
inspiriting,
looking up,
bright,
roseate,
couleur de rose [Fr.],
rose-colored.
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Moby thesaurus: apt, auspicious, benign, benignant, bright, bright with promise, cheering, couleur de rose, encouraging, fair, favorable, favoring, foreseeable, fortunate, full of promise, golden, good, happy, heartening, hopeful, in the cards, inspiring, inspiriting, liable, likely, looking up, lucky, odds-on, of good omen, of happy portent, of promise, optimistic, positive, predictable, predictable within limits, pregnant of good, presumable, presumptive, probable, propitious, prosperous, reassuring, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, statistically probable, supportive, verisimilar ... show more.
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