Synonyms and antonyms of To hope in American Thesaurus

hope (verb)

to want and expect something to happen or be true

aim (verb)

to intend or hope to achieve something

pray (verb)

to hope or wish very strongly for something

dream (verb)

to think about something that you hope to have or achieve

pin your hopes/faith on ()

to hope very much that someone or something will succeed when everyone or everything else has failed

hold out hope ()

to think that something is likely to happen or succeed

have something to live for ()

to have a reason to want to stay alive

build castles in the air ()

to have hopes and dreams that are unlikely to become real

live in hope ()

to be hopeful that something will happen

be betting on something ()

to have a very strong hope that something will happen, so that this influences what you do

have high/great hopes for someone ()

to hope and expect that someone will be very successful

hope against hope ()

to hope that something will happen or be true, even though you know it is very unlikely

hope for the best ()

to hope that a bad situation will have the best result that is possible

only wish/hope (that) ()

to wish/hope something strongly