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Optimist is an English word with synonyms like person or individual. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Optimist in a sentence

Optimist meaning

  1. A person who expects a favourable outcome.
  2. A believer in optimism.

Using Optimist

  • The main meaning on this page is: A person who expects a favourable outcome. | A believer in optimism.
  • Useful related words include: person, individual, someone, somebody.
  • In the example corpus, optimist often appears in combinations such as: an optimist, the optimist, optimist club.

Context around Optimist

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Optimist

  • In this selection, "optimist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, techno, championship, races, club, sailor and trophy stand out and add context to how "optimist" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include says the optimist in her and 7th district optimist club. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "optimist" sits close to words such as aac, abdallah and abdication, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with optimist

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Belknap is an optimist, though. (5 words)

Are you an optimist or pessimist? (6 words)

Refreshments provided by the 7th District Optimist Club. (8 words)

But I'm an optimist, and certainly in the film business, there's a particular tension between people not wanting these technologies to exploit people, but also people want the freedom to be able to try to create with these tools. (41 words)

She was among 30 Londoners who came out to get more details at a Green in the City event at the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre Thursday evening, organized by City of London, London Public Library and London Environmental Network. (40 words)

Julia Smith, an assistant professor of labour studies at the University of Manitoba, says the "optimist" in her wants to believe that back-to-work legislation isn't being discussed because the government respects the collective bargaining process. (38 words)

Are you an optimist or pessimist? (6 words)

Example sentences (20)

Zairyn Mierau was both the Optimist Sailor of the Year, winner of the Junior Championship Optimist Trophy, and Twilight Series (Thursday night races) Optimist Winner.

Are you an optimist or pessimist?

Belknap is an optimist, though.

Breakfast Optimist Roast Beef Dinner: 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 614 N. Dixie Highway, Wapakoneta.

But I'm an optimist, and certainly in the film business, there's a particular tension between people not wanting these technologies to exploit people, but also people want the freedom to be able to try to create with these tools.

Chapter 18 of the report titled, begins with a quote of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “I am not an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope”.

Cornwall's Junior Optimist Club recently announced that they will be hosting dances for grades 7 to 10 on the last Friday of the month, running from February to June.

Dad Arthur (Colman Domingo) is an optimist who errs on the side of everything will be cool but mum Agatha (Toni Collette) has good reason and personal experience leading her to fear for Ruby’s future.

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Here an optimist would interject that, right now, some of the country’s largest cities and their densest inner suburbs have no choice but to renegotiate the relationship among people, cars, and parking spaces.

However, I do not want to be an optimist.

In addition, the BBB Foundation gifted 100 scholarship spots to students from Overtown Optimist group, Tees Miami and the Boys and Girls Club.

Julia Smith, an assistant professor of labour studies at the University of Manitoba, says the "optimist" in her wants to believe that back-to-work legislation isn't being discussed because the government respects the collective bargaining process.

Julia Smith, an assistant professor of labour studies at the University of Manitoba, says the “optimist” in her wants to believe that back-to-work legislation isn't being discussed because the government respects the collective bargaining process.

Refreshments provided by the 7th District Optimist Club.

She was among 30 Londoners who came out to get more details at a Green in the City event at the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre Thursday evening, organized by City of London, London Public Library and London Environmental Network.

The St. Cloud Optimist Club will hold a "Jackie Robinson Day" event at Pizza Ranch restaurant in Waite Park.

The techno-optimist, anti-doom-and-gloom ethos of the decarb bro runs through the climate tech ecosystem, said Mr. McGinniss, the start-up founder.

The Tuesday after the holiday, flags are then removed by either a member of the Troy Optimist Club or a volunteer from a youth organization.

This is the fourth premises and, being an optimist, one of many in the future.

A devout techno-optimist with a flair for trolling authorities online, the 39-year-old has said he believes strongly that governments should not censor what people say or do on the internet.

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Common combinations with optimist

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "optimist" in a sentence?
An example: "Zairyn Mierau was both the Optimist Sailor of the Year, winner of the Junior Championship Optimist Trophy, and Twilight Series (Thursday night races) Optimist Winner." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "optimist" from authentic English texts.
What does "optimist" mean?
Optimist means: A person who expects a favourable outcome.
What are synonyms of "optimist"?
Common synonyms of "optimist" include: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul, pessimist.
How many example sentences with "optimist" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "optimist", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.