Rate your familiarity with the word optimistic using the scale from 1 to 5. | Part of Speech adjective | Syllabication op-ti-mis-tic |
First Known Use 1845 | Etymology from the Latin word optimum meaning "the greatest good" |
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Definition being hopeful that good things will happen Sentence Prompt How would you encourage someone to be optimistic about a situation? | Sentence When you are optimistic you are said to think of the glass as half full because you look at what you have in a positive way. |