anticipation, expectancy - pleasurable expectation

feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

hopefulness - the feeling you have when you have hope

encouragement - the feeling of being encouraged

optimism - the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future

rainbow - an illusory hope; "chasing rainbows"

human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

great white hope, white hope - someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field; "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy"

comedian, comic - a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

supernatural virtue, theological virtue - according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith and hope and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues

wish - hope for; have a wish; "I wish I could go home now"

desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

be after, plan - have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"