promisingadjective
uk/ˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪŋ/us/ˈprɑː.mɪ.sɪŋ/C1 Something that is promising shows signs that it is going to be successful or enjoyable:
They won the award for the most promising new band of the year.
"How's your new venture going?" "It's looking quite promising."
It's a great restaurant but it doesn't look at all promising from the outside.
Opposite
unpromising
More examples
- The commercial future of the company looks very promising.
- The project is only in the initial phase as yet, but it's looking quite promising.
- Her school report described her as a very promising pupil.
- Henman got off to a promising start with a lead of two sets to love.
- She is a highly promising young musician.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Potential
- accident
- an accident waiting to happen idiom
- auspicious
- be an actor, cook, etc. in the making idiom
- budding
- fertile
- making
- not be beyond the wit of man/sb idiom
- potential
- potentiality
- potentially
- promise
- prospect
- room
- room for improvement idiom
- rosy
- sleeper
- untapped
- viable
- wit
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promisingly
adverb uk/ˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪŋ.li/us/ˈprɑː.mɪ.sɪŋ.li/
The film starts promisingly enough but doesn't maintain the interest level.