'Promising' definitions:
Definition of 'promising'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Promising'
From: GCIDE
- Promising \Prom"is*ing\, a. Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day. -- {Prom"is*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Promising'
From: GCIDE
- Promise \Prom"ise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promised; p. pr. & vb. n. Promising.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money. "To promise aid." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward. [1913 Webster]
- Promised land. See Land of promise, under Land.
- To promise one's self. (a) To resolve; to determine; to vow. (b) To be assured; to have strong confidence. [1913 Webster]
- I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'promising'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apt,
- auspicious,
- benign,
- benignant,
- bright,
- bright with promise,
- cheering,
- couleur de rose,
- encouraging,
- fair,
- favorable,
- favoring,
- foreseeable,
- fortunate,
- full of promise,
- golden,
- good,
- happy,
- heartening,
- hopeful,
- in the cards,
- inspiring,
- inspiriting,
- liable,
- likely,
- looking up,
- lucky,
- odds-on,
- of good omen,
- of happy portent,
- of promise,
- optimistic,
- positive,
- predictable,
- predictable within limits,
- pregnant of good,
- presumable,
- presumptive,
- probable,
- propitious,
- prosperous,
- reassuring,
- rose-colored,
- roseate,
- rosy,
- statistically probable,
- supportive,
- verisimilar