Promising

ahd-5
  • adjective. Likely to develop in a desirable manner.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Giving promise; affording just expectations of good; affording reasonable ground of hope for the future; looking as if likely to turn out well: as, a promising youth; a promising prospect.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
  • adjective. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
  • verb. Present participle of promise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. showing possibility of achievement or excellence
  • adjective. full or promise
    • Word Usage
    "Across the divide, La Dorada shrieked at him, her expression promising pain."
    cross-reference
    auspicious  
    Equivalent
    auspicious  likely  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    apt  auspicious  benign  benignant  bright  
    verb-stem
    promise  
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