How do you use the word "optimistic" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "optimistic" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "optimistic": Your view is too optimistic. The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.

Optimistic Meaning

/ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjExpecting the best in all possible ways.

adjAllowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.

Sentence Examples

Your view is too optimistic.

The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.

We are now taking a more optimistic view.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

rosy positive cheerful

Antonyms:

negative neutral pessimistic

CEFR Practice Quiz

Despite having no money and no job, her ____ nature made her believe things would get better soon.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The CEO was ____ about the company's prospects for the coming year despite recent losses.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French optim(isme) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French optimistebor. English optimist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English optimistic From optimist + -ic.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Reference was made in the January-February issue to some of the optimistic railway titles of the past, such as the Manchester & Milford, and the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast, neither of which got anywhere near the extremities indicated in their titles during their independent existence." — 1944 November and December, “What's in a Name?”, in Railway Magazine, page 333:

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