Synonym: encouraging, favorable, hopeful, likely, probable. Similar words: compromise, prominent, missing, surprising, advertising, surprisingly, processing, economist. Meaning: ['prɑmɪsɪŋ /'prɒm-] 
adj. 1. showing possibility of achievement or excellence 2. full or promise.
adj. 1. showing possibility of achievement or excellence 2. full or promise. 
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31. A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former pupils.
32. I really fail to understand what actuated you to give up such a promising post so hastily.
33. The weather is promising.
34. She is among the most promising players in her age group.
35. It used to be usual to bind out promising boys for many years.
36. The government coaxed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.
37. It's a great restaurant but it doesn't look at all promising from the outside.
38. She gave up a promising career as a stockbroker to become a weaver, of all things.
39. The inexperienced young promising men were pushed aside in the scramble for places.
40. Mr Walesa burned his fingers by promising he would give every Pole 100m zlotys to start a business.
41. The party is promising low inflation and sustainable economic growth.
42. He said good night hastily,[http://sentencedict.com/promising.html] promising that he would phone Hans in the morning.
43. She showed some nimble footwork and looked a promising player.
44. The coach is bringing on some promising youngsters in the reserve team.
45. They attempted to appease international opposition by promising to hold talks.
46. He handed in his notice at the bank and ruined his promising career.
47. Her school report described her as a very promising pupil.
48. It's a promising sign.
49. At the championships more promising divers are expected to come to the fore.
50. He's been promising voters that he'll support gun control, now it's time to fish or cut bait.
51. They won the award for the most promising new band of the year.
52. Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh.
53. A far cry from the 40,000 they were promising.
54. Properly construed, it is, we think, a promising theory.
55. Pragmatism tells a more promising story.
56. The astute Mr Quiles has made a promising start.
57. The early signs are not promising.
58. The party believes it looks promising on both counts.
59. The promising centre touched down after an 80-yard gallop.
60. Vitamin A Palmitate shows promising results in after-sun products.
More similar words: compromise, prominent, missing, surprising, advertising, surprisingly, processing, economist, provision, prompt, promote, coming in, promotion, single, singer, housing, single out, supposing, increasing, increasingly, programming, crisis, nominee, visitor, visible, dominant, dominate, economic, envision, division.