Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who usually expects a favorable outcome.
- n. A believer in philosophical optimism.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who believes in the metaphysical doctrine of optimism.
- n. One who believes in the present or ultimate supremacy of good over evil; one who always hopes for and expects the best; a person of hopeful disposition.
- Of or pertaining to optimism; optimistic: as, the optimist view.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who expects a favourable outcome.
- n. A believer in optimism.
- n. A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to train and introduce young children into sailing.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Metaph.) One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
- n. One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; one who experiences optimism{2}; -- opposed to
pessimist .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
Examples
“Mr.H. T. Tuckerman makes a book of essays on various subjects, and calls it The Optimist; and then devotes several pages of preface to an argument, lexicon in hand, proving that the applicability of the term optimist is ` obvious. ”
Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error"
“We were what we called optimist realists," she said.”
“Vidal Castillo, the optimist, is confident that the outlook is good for an upswing in the fortunes of a town which has had its share of downers.”
Alamos: Still a boom to bust town, but with everlasting charm
“Tell that lizard that your eternal optimist is alive, kicking, and ready for a tough match!”
“Inspirational Quote: "An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”
“[…] “All Georgia is here!” declared one optimist from the stage.”
Global Voices in English » Georgia: Opposition protests on hold, new concerns emerge
“And Charlie Brown, turning the appellation optimist into someone sure to be scorned, because he so wants to believe and wants so much to kick that elusive football, comes charging down the field one more time, only to have the diabolical Lucy pull the ball once again, as Charlie Brown goes flying up in the air.”
Michael Russnow: The WGA Strike for Dummies: Why Is It Taking So Long?
“I am a short-term optimist, but feel this planet is going down the tubes.”
davidrothman.net » Biblioblogosphere “Five Things” Round-Up (plus Cite Bite demo)
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”
“For every prophet of gloom and despair, pointing to the collapsing stock market as evidence of ruin, there is the optimist from the Midlands who says, My order book is full.”
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jmjarmstrong JM wonders if an optimist is a very dense fog and a bigamist is even denser. Jul 3, 2011