Associations to the word «Optimist»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

OPTIMIST, noun. A person disposed to take a favorable view of things.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne