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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Optimist \Op"ti*mist\, noun [Cf. F. optimiste.]
1. (Metaph.) One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
2. One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; one who experiences optimism[2]; -- opposed to {pessimist}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
optimist
noun: a person disposed to take a favorable view of things [ant: {pessimist}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "optimist": Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, aspirant, aspirer, chiliast, dreamer, hopeful, hoper, idealist, irrepressible optimist, millenarian, millennialist, millennian, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical optimist, positivist, ray of sunshine, utopian
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
OPTIMIST, noun A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. A pessimist applied to God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something -- the mortality of the optimist."
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