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promising
adjective
: likely to succeed or to be good : full of promise
Full Definition of PROMISING
: full of promise : likely to succeed or to yield good results <a promising new medicine>
— prom·is·ing·ly \-siŋ-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of PROMISING
1597
Related to PROMISING
- Synonyms
- auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, likely, optimistic, hopeful, propitious, roseate, rose-colored, rosy, upbeat
- Antonyms
- bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious
PROMISING Defined for Kids
promising
adjective prom·is·ing \ˈprä-mə-siŋ\
Definition of PROMISING for Kids
: likely to turn out well or be good <a promising start>
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