optimist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

WordNet


Op"ti*mist noun
Etymology
Cf. F. optimiste.
Definitions
  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; -- opposed to pessimist.

Webster 1913