optimist

See also Optimist

English

Noun

optimist (plural optimists)

1. A person who expects a favourable outcome.
2. A believer in optimism.
3. A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to train and introduce young children into sailing.

Antonyms

• pessimist

Derived terms

• optimistic

Related terms

• optimism

Translations

a person who expects a favourable outcome

• Catalan: optimista (ca) m and f
• Czech: optimista (cs) m
• Esperanto: optimisto (eo)
• Finnish: optimisti (fi)
• French: optimiste (fr)
• German: Optimist (de) m, Optimistin (de) f
• Greek: αισιόδοξος (el) (aisiódoxos)
• Japanese: 楽観主義者 (らっかんしゅぎしゃ, rakkan-shugisha)

• Norwegian: optimist (no) m
• Polish: optymista (pl) m, optymistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: optimista (pt) c, otimista (pt) m and f
• Russian: оптимист (ru) (optimíst) m , оптимистка (ru) (optimístka) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: optìmist (sh) m
• Spanish: optimista (es) m and f
• Swedish: optimist (sv) c
• Volapük: (male or female) frediman (vo), (male) hifrediman (vo), (female) jifrediman (vo)

a believer in optimism

• Catalan: optimista (ca) m and f
• French: optimiste (fr)
• German: Optimist (de) m
• Japanese: 楽観主義者 (らっかんしゅぎしゃ, rakkan-shugisha)

• Norwegian: optimist (no) m
• Russian: оптимист (ru) (optimíst) m , оптимистка (ru) (optimístka) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: optìmist (sh) m
• Swedish: optimist (sv) c

a small centre-board sailing dinghy

• Finnish: optimistijolla (fi)
• Norwegian: Optimist (no) m

  Bokmål: optimistjolle (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: optimistjolle (nn) f

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Norwegian

Noun

optimist m

1. optimist (A person who expects a favorable outcome or a believer in optimism)

Related terms

• optimisme

Antonyms

• pessimist