Hope
Hope verb - Expect and wish.
Usage example: I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
Wish is a synonym for hope in aspiration topic. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead the word "Hope" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like desire, faith, longing, long for. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good hope | good wish |
| pure | pure hope | pure wish |
| better | better hope | better wish |
| dying | dying hope | dying wish |
| Other adjectives: original, genuine, single, small, actual, real, little, main, foolish, sincere, possible, final, desperate, apparent, unconscious, remaining, next, last, greatest, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Wishing Maiden's name is 'Asha', meaning 'wish, desire, hope'.
Source: Literature / The Wishing Maiden - Oh how I wish for soothing rain/All I wish is to dream again/My loving heart lost in the dark/For hope I'd give my everything
Source: Ear Worm / Music MNO - Their only hope was a wish-granting potion that could only be brewed on New Year's Eve.
Source: New Year Has Come
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