hope: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with H · ends with E
Meaning of hope
verb
To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
Example: They are hoping it does not rain, but I expect it will.
- catenative
To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
Example: I hope to succeed.
- intransitive
To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
Example: They're hoping for the best, but I don't think it's looking very good.
- intransitive
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
Listed forms: hopes, hoping, hoped, glossary, hopest.
Source: Wiktionary — hope.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
Example: All hopes for a truce are gone after the latest attack.
- countable
The actual thing wished for.
- countable
A person or thing that is a source of hope.
Example: We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.
- uncountable
The virtuous desire for future good.
Listed forms: hopes.
Source: Wiktionary — hope.
noun
- Northern-England, Scotland
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
Listed forms: hopes.
Source: Wiktionary — hope.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hope.
noun
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
expect and wish
verb
intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- go for
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hope in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hope
H(4) + O(1) + P(3) + E(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of hope
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from hope
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hope. Showing up to 24, longest first.