promising

Meanings

Plural: promisings

Verb

• make a promise or commitment
• promise to undertake or give
• make a prediction about; tell in advance
• give grounds for expectations
  • "The new results were promising"
• present participle and gerund of promise

Adjective Satellite

• showing possibility of achievement or excellence
  • "a promising young man"
• full or promise
  • "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"

Adj

• Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
• Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

Noun

• The act of making a promise.

Synonyms

anticipate, assure, bright, call, forebode, foretell, hopeful, predict, prognosticate, promise

Anagrams of promising