Hopeful vs Successful - What's the difference?
hopeful | successful | Related terms |
Feeling hope.
Inspiring hope.
Somebody who is hoping for success or victory.
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; prosperous; fortunate; happy
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Hopeful is a related term of successful.
As adjectives the difference between hopeful and successful
is that hopeful is feeling hope while successful is resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; prosperous; fortunate; happy.As a noun hopeful
is somebody who is hoping for success or victory.hopeful
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Alternative forms
* hopefull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- I have been very hopeful .
- I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
Antonyms
* hopeless * desperate * dejectedNoun
(en noun)- Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.
successful
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Adjective
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