Antonyms of noun hopelessness

1 sense of hopelessness

Sense 1
hopelessness -- (the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success)
       Antonym of hopefulness (Sense 2)
      => hopefulness -- (the feeling you have when you have hope)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hopelessness

1 sense of hopelessness

Sense 1
hopelessness -- (the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success)
       => despair -- (the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair")