Synonyms of rose-colored

rose-colored

adjective

ˈrōz-ˌkə-lərd 

as in bright

having qualities which inspire hope

an incurable optimist sees the world through a rose-colored perspective

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bright
• promising
• optimistic
• rosy
• golden
• roseate
• hopeful
• upbeat
• propitious
• likely
• encouraging
• auspicious
• fair
• positive
• heartening
• favorable
• reassuring
• good
• soothing
• comforting
• doubtless
• confident
• decisive
• sure
• bullish
• cheering
• assured
• unhesitating
• eupeptic
• beamish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark
• gloomy
• pessimistic
• bleak
• hopeless
• unlikely
• desperate
• dismal
• depressing
• dreary
• discouraging
• unpromising
• inauspicious
• disheartening
• cheerless
• negative
• uncertain
• gray
• doubtful
• dubious
• downbeat
• unpropitious
• unfavorable
• grey
• grim
• unencouraging
• comfortless
• bearish
• miserable
• funereal
• wretched
• glum

Examples of rose-colored in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And for many Chinese, mostly those left behind by the country’s dramatic, gilded transformation since economic reform, memories of Mao-era social equality, the exaltation of the working classes, and a national sense of common purpose are increasingly rose-colored. —Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016

The more rose-colored put a soft focus on Vacationland nostalgia—a lobster roll for lunch at McLoons on Sprucehead Island, an art director's fantasy of coastal quaint. —Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024