hopeless
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
in an agony of hopeless grief
Related & opposite
- discouraging also see
- pessimistic also see
- impossible also see
- hopeful antonym
- hopelessness derivation
- unhopeful similar to
- bleak similar to
- desperate similar to
- despondent similar to
- forlorn similar to
- futureless similar to
- helpless similar to
- insoluble similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of a person unable to do something skillfully
I'm hopeless at mathematics
Related & opposite
- hopelessness derivation
- unskilled similar to
Sense 3 adjective
certain to fail
the situation is hopeless
Related & opposite
- impossible similar to
Sense 4 adjective
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
- bad similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | discouraging |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | pessimistic |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | impossible |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | hopeful |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hopelessness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unhopeful |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bleak |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | desperate |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | despondent |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | forlorn |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | futureless |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | helpless |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | insoluble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hopelessness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unskilled |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | impossible |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |