upbeat

Meaning of upbeat

noun

(in music) an unaccented beat preceding an accented beat.

adjective
  1. cheerful; optimistic.
    he was upbeat about the company's future

Information about upbeat

  • The plural form of upbeat is: upbeats.
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Hyphenation of upbeat

up-beat

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • upbeat is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

upbeat synonyms

Meaning cheerful:

cheerful, pollyannaish

Meaning wellbeing:

wellbeing, welfare, eudaimonia

Meaning offbeat:

offbeat

Meaning hopeful and confident about the future:

optimistic

Meaning happy and optimistic:

cheery

Meaning constructive, optimistic, or confident:

positive

Meaning feeling or showing confidence in oneself or one's abilities or qualities:

confident

Meaning feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event:

hopeful

Meaning optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation:

sanguine

Meaning aggressively confident and self-assertive:

bullish

Meaning cheerful and optimistic:

buoyant

Meaning giving out or reflecting much light; shining:

bright

Meaning characterized by idealism; unrealistically aiming for perfection:

idealistic

Meaning cheerful and lively:

chirpy

upbeat antonyms

Meaning tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen:

pessimistic

Meaning consisting in or characterized by the absence rather than the presence of distinguishing features:

negative

Meaning believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity:

cynical

Words that rhyme with upbeat

Beat, beat, bloodbeat, deadbeat, bluebeat, farebeat, pulsebeat, rebeat, hoofbeat, offbeat, swingbeat, wingbeat, backbeat, breakbeat, drumbeat, burnbeat, downbeat, sunbeat, afterbeat, overbeat, underbeat, newsbeat, footbeat, heartbeat, browbeat, drybeat

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