- Expectant - Optimistic - Promising success - Upbeat - Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant. - Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of
good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.
- At hand - Inclined - On the cards - Probable - Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. - Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; --
followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain. - Similar; like; alike.