Clues for the word "HOPE"
We've had 252 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 553 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on February 02, 2026.
Definition of hope
- n. - A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- n. - A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- n. - A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
- n. - One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
- n. - That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
- v. i. - To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.
- v. i. - To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.
- v. t. - To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
- v. t. - To expect; to fear.
Referring Clues
- Bill Clinton's birthplace
- Second of three virtues
- Long (for)
- "___ springs eternal"
- Aspiration
- "A waking dream," according to Aristotle
- Chance for success
- Word before and after "against"
- One of Pandora's finds
- Crossed fingers symbolize it
- Pessimist's lack
- What an optimist always has
- "A waking dream": Aristotle
- Rhode Island's motto
- Desire
- Clinton's birthplace
- Crosby partner
- "A good breakfast, but an ill supper": Francis Bacon
- Bob of "Thanks for the Memory"
- Bad thing to abandon
- A good breakfast, but a bad supper, according to Francis Bacon
- "Keep ___ alive!"
- Crosby and Lamour's frequent costar
- Be optimistic
- It springs eternal
- Optimist's attribute
- Comedian born with the first name Leslie
- Lamour's "My Favorite Brunette" costar
- Longing
- Anticipatory feeling
- Feeling of optimism
- The only medicine for the miserable, according to Shakespeare
- Crosby's "Road" partner
- Despair's opposite
- Motto of the Ocean State
- Emily Dickinson's "thing with feathers"
- Good thing not to give up
- Diamond name
- Entertainer who was a Congressional Gold Medal recipient in 1962
- Show optimism
- Rhode Island motto
- Wish sincerely
- Wish earnestly
- Partner of Faith and Charity
- Crosby costar
- Wish (for)
- What remained in Pandora's box
- Actress Davis
- Earnest wish
- Crosby's "Road" partner
- Word before and after "against"
- "The Audacity of ___"
- Rosy anticipation
- Crossed fingers can symbolize it
- Legendary entertainer
- Fervent wish
- Crosby's road companion
- Yearning
- Great expectations
- Crosby's traveling companion
- It remained in Pandora's box
- Expectancy
- Famous Diamond
- Optimists have it
- Optimism
- Word before and after against
- Optimistic emotion
- Companion of faith and charity
- Faith and Charity's partner
- What was left in Pandora's box
- One might lose it in a crisis
- Play Pollyanna
- It stayed in Pandora's box
- Word on a 2008 Obama poster
- Crosby crony
- Think positive
- A good breakfast, but an ill supper: Francis Bacon
- "The Audacity of ___"
- One of Faith's friends?
- Dream found in this puzzle's seven longest answers
- All that remained in Pandora's box
- Fraser valley town
- Fraser River town
- Mount _______ , Ontario
- Faith, ___ and love
- Cross one's fingers
- Thing left in Pandora's box
- Comedian Bob ___
- Faith and charity pal
- Aspire
- Crosby's pal
- Crosby's frequent costar
- Optimist's feeling
- 'The Audacity of ___'
- Crosby co-star, often
- Longtime USO emcee
- Crosby pal
- Crosby co-star
- Crosby's longtime pal
- Clinton's hometown
- Anticipation
- Clinton hometown
- Bill Clinton's hometown
- 'Old Ski Nose'
- Expectation
- Actress Lange
- 2008 campaign word
- Bob, the comedian
- Fabulous diamond
- 2008 campaign theme
- ___ Diamond
- Wish for something
- Host of a record number of Oscar ceremonies
- Wishful feeling
- Bob with jokes
- Optimistic feeling
- Clinton's Arkansas hometown
- _______ , Fraser Valley town
- Obama campaign concept
- Keep the faith
- Obama campaign word
- Crosby's comedy costar
- Arkansas town where Bill Clinton was born
- Bill Clinton's Arkansas birthplace
- Expect
- Emcee for the Oscars 18 times
- 2008 Obama catchword
- "___ is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness": Desmond Tutu
- "413 ___ Street"
- Cynic's lack
- Desire eagerly
- Wish
- 'The Audacity of '
- Last thing in Pandora's box
- Great expectation
- Optimistic view
- "The thing with feathers / That perches in the soul": Dickinson
- Pandora's box residue
- Thing to never give up
- See 22-Down
- Dickinson's percher "in the soul"
- Optimistic wish
- "413 ___ st."
- Aspire (to)
- 2008 Obama slogan word
- Ray of ___
- Have expectations
- 2008 Obama poster word
- Think positively
- HP ( Fraser valley town)
- Faith
- Famed diamond
- Legendary entertainer Bob
- It comes between faith and charity
- Optimist's asset
- Comedian Bob
- ___, faith and charity
- A cardinal virtue
- Solo in the Olympics
- Obama 2008 campaign word
- Thing for an optimistic person
- Have dreams and desires
- Something an optimist possesses
- Faith, love, and ___
- Soccer star ___ Solo
- "___ of Deliverance" by Sir Paul
- "Faith ___ Love" King's X
- King's X "Faith ___ Love"
- '00 Guided by Voices EP "Hold on ___"
- Green Day "I ___ you had the time of your life"
- Expectant desire for a flight East
- He's out of work, but don't despair!
- Anticipate
- Author of Great Expectations?
- Have some expectation of success in Scottish Open
- Confident expectation
- Cherish a desire
- Optimism - English-born US comedian
- Feeling of expectation or desire
- Content of Pandora's box is bound to need a key
- Dance with earl in anticipation
- Expect to follow boy in 16 for 4's name
- All that was left in Pandora's box
- ___ chest (dowry)
- Knock on wood
- Obama poster word
- Exhibit optimism
- Expectancy when many a film he made
- Expectation of the man taking work on board
- Parking in garden
- Hard work, energy and optimism
- Bound to need patience, ultimately - a virtue?
- "The Audacity of ___" (Obama best seller)
- Strong desire
- Partner of pray
- See 9-Down
- "Well, I ___ you're satisfied!"
- Have faith
- What optimists don't give up
- Move quickly to central Harlesden with a girl
- Be wishful
- See 7
- What you might do when you cross your fingers
- Trust the flight will have a safe conclusion
- It springs eternal, in a saying
- Thing for an optimist
- Trust
- It's optimistic
- Last element in Pandora's box
- Optimistic thing
- 2008 political catchword
- Aristotle's "waking dream"
- Ardent desire
- Feeling of expectation and desire
- Bob ___, comedian after whom Burbank airport is named
- Aspirant's feeling
- Fingers-crosser's feeling
- Have optimism
- Faith, -- and Charity
- Fingers-crossed feeling
- President Clinton's home town?
- Rhode Island’s motto
- "Chicago ___"
- "The thing with feathers," per Dickinson
- ___ chest
- "To live without ___ is to cease to live": Dostoyevsky
- Francis Bacon's "Good breakfast but ... a bad supper"
- Bit of optimism
- Optimistic thing to have
- "I ___ so!"
- "Cross my heart and ___ to die"
- "Ryan's ___"
- Comic Bob ___
- "I sure ___ so!"
- "I ___ you're happy!"
- Crossed-fingers sentiment
- Optimism for the future
- "___ this helps!"
- Pandora's box remnant
- Feeling under the weather?
- Word at the center of Rhode Island's flag
- Eternal optimist's feeling
- Something to never give up
- Optimistic stuff
- Intend
- Last thing left in Pandora's box
- A "waking dream," per Aristotle
- Reason for optimism
- Word on Rhode Island's flag
- Beacon of ___
- Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak
- Word on either side of "against"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - February 02, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 26, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 28, 2025
- Daily American - December 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 28, 2025
- New York Times - October 25, 2025
- Daily American - October 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 25, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 19, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 21, 2025
- Daily American - July 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 04, 2025
- Daily American - March 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 07, 2025
- USA Today - February 28, 2025
- Daily American - February 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 25, 2024
- USA Today - December 18, 2024
- Daily American - December 12, 2024
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