Main entry: wannabe, wannabee, aspirant, aspirer, hopeful
Definition: an ambitious and aspiring young person
Usage: a lofty aspirant; two executive hopefuls joined the firm; the audience was full of Madonna wannabes
Main entry: promising, hopeful, bright
Definition: full or promise
Usage: had a bright future in publishing; the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career; a hopeful new singer on Broadway
Main entry: hopeful
Definition: having or manifesting hope
Usage: a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets; found a hopeful way of attacking the problem