Synonyms for hope
Another word for hope is promise, trust or desire. Below are 4 synonyms and 25 related words across 8 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: hoping.
1. noun: a specific instance of feeling hopeful
2. noun: the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
Antonyms
- despair
3. noun: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
- promise synonyms
4. noun: someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
5. noun: one of the three Christian virtues
6. verb: expect and wish
- trust synonyms
- desire synonyms
7. verb: be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
Antonyms
- despair
8. verb: intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- go for synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- anticipation synonyms
- expectancy
- feeling synonyms
- encouragement
- optimism
- hopefulness
- prospect synonyms
- outlook synonyms
- rainbow
- expectation synonyms
- someone synonyms
- person synonyms
- white hope
- great white hope
- individual synonyms
- soul synonyms
- somebody synonyms
- mortal synonyms
- supernatural virtue
- theological virtue
- look synonyms
- wait synonyms
- expect synonyms
- await
- plan synonyms
Hope in word games
- Letters
- 4
- Scrabble
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble HOPE
- Is HOPE a word?
- Words starting with H
Questions people ask
What is another word for hope?
You can say promise, trust, desire or go for instead of hope. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a specific instance of feeling hopeful".
What is the opposite of hope?
The opposite of hope is despair.
Still have a question? Ask us.
Senses and synonyms from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0); the most common words come first. Browse more on the synonyms and antonyms hub.