Common collocations with optimistic in American Collocation

Budget estimates were overly optimistic.

Perhaps I was a tad optimistic to hope for 300 competitors to turn up.

Of course he could still withdraw, but I feel cautiously optimistic that he will buy the flat.

The Bank of England remains determinedly optimistic about growth prospects.

This is a strangely optimistic book, set in very grim times yet leaving you with a sense of dignity and hope.

Respondents to the survey were overwhelmingly optimistic about the future of the sector.

As a politician who remained committed to peaceful change, he was quietly optimistic of the future.

The entrepreneur has an optimistic outlook on life.

This growth rate is above even the most optimistic forecasts for developing countries.

There is another way of assessing the work that leads to a less optimistic conclusion.

I have finished my novel and have optimistic hopes of getting it published.

There is a slightly more optimistic mood in the music industry.

Now I feel more optimistic about my future.

Despite falling listeners and fewer ads, the station remains optimistic.

I do not wish to sound too optimistic, but everything is falling into place.

Even that lower figure may prove optimistic.