optimist
nounHow many syllables in optimist?
There are 3 syllables in the word optimist.How to pronounce optimist:
Definition of optimist:
- optimist (noun):
- a person disposed to take a favorable view of things.
- a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes someone who is given to optimism
Synonyms for optimist:
chiliast
dreamer
idealist
idealizer
idealogue
individual
micawber
millenarian
millenarist
person
pollyanna
romantic
romanticist
sentimentalist
somebody
someone
soul
visionary
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- evelight
- diligence
- contradict
- mannishly
- inherit
- incumbent
- complacent
- casual
- athletics
- athletic
- weenier
- prosperous
- Phoenicia
- neurotic
- dissuade
- skeletal
- salience
- judicial
- execute
- delimit
- adviser
- suggestive
- measurement
- malarkey
- faithfully
- erroneous
- criterion
- alarming
- malignant
- insurance
- houseclean
- frostiness
- envision
- croquette
- compression
- climbing wall
- begotten
- awe-stricken
- tidiness
- saddlebow
- punctuate
- mischievous
- management
- elbowrooms
- devastate
- cinchona
- billowing
- beguiling
- beautician
- uprising
- … more
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