hopers
Those who yearn
People who hope—those who maintain expectation or desire for something: The hopers gathered at the lottery office, eternal hopers waiting for their big break.
The word often carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting hope without action or realistic basis.
Those who foresee events
- waitersDining room attendants
- optimistsThose expecting favorable results
- believersThose having faith
- wishersThose expressing hopes
yearners · hopefuls · prospects · candidates · contenders · aspirants · dreamers · planners
Those who anticipate change
- idealistsPursuers of perfect visions
- optimistsThose expecting favorable results
- believersThose having faith
- romanticsIdealists about love
fantasists · daydreamers · utopians · stargazers · aspirants · seekers · yearners · strivers
People who work hard
- achieversThose who accomplish goals
- aspirantsThose seeking advancement
- climbersThose who scale heights
- go-gettersAmbitiously proactive people
seekers · pursuers · dreamers · visionaries · planners · competitors · contenders · candidates
Those having faith
- trustersThose who have faith
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- devoteesPassionate adherents
- prayerfulGiven to worship
congregants · pilgrims · seekers · petitioners · supplicants · devout · optimists · steadfast
anticipators
Those who foresee events
wishers · yearners · hopefuls · prospects · candidates · contenders · aspirants · dreamers · planners · preparers
visionaries
Those who anticipate change
- idealistsPursuers of perfect visions
- optimistsThose expecting favorable results
- believersThose having faith
romantics · fantasists · daydreamers · utopians · stargazers · aspirants · seekers · yearners · strivers · anticipators
strivers
People who work hard
- achieversThose who accomplish goals
- aspirantsThose seeking advancement
- climbersThose who scale heights
go-getters · seekers · pursuers · dreamers · visionaries · planners · competitors · contenders · candidates · hopefuls
believers
Those having faith
prayerful · congregants · pilgrims · seekers · petitioners · supplicants · devout · optimists · steadfast · unwavering
hoperspessimists
Those assuming negative outcomes
cynics · defeatists · fatalists · naysayers · doubters
hopersknowers
People possessing understanding
doers · go-getters · realists · pragmatists · achievers
- high hopesStrong optimistic expectations
- I hopeExpress a wish
- last hopeFinal remaining possibility
- false hopeUnfounded expectation of success
- ray of hopeSmall cause for optimism
- glimmer of hopeFaint reason for optimism
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