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idealistic

i·de·al·is·tic

idealistic

 
pronunciation:
aI di lI stihk [or] aI di lI stihk
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition: believing in noble ideas, principles, and values, especially with regard to the possibility of making positive change in the world.
These volunteers are young and idealistic and have confidence that they can change the world.
antonyms:
cynical, down-to-earth, unidealistic
similar words:
high-minded, utopian, visionary
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)idealistic deeply, highly, hopelessly, less, naively, overly, rather, somewhat, supposedly
(adj.)idealistic + adverb totally
(adj.)idealistic + noun activist, appeal, architect, belief, distortion, evil, expectation, generation, goal, identification, ideology, lawyer, movement, notion, perception, philosophy, reformer, rhetoric, scholar, self, socialism, soul, teenager, thinking, view, vision, youth  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: idealistically (adv.)