In 1824 the famous American frontiersman, Jim Bridger, discovered the Great Salt Lake. The first permanent settlers in Utah were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). At the end of the Mexican War in 1848, Utah came under control of the United States.
Synonyms for optimism. noun state of having positive beliefs. 1  confidence star. 2  anticipation star. 3  certainty star. 4  expectation star. 5  elation star. 6  enthusiasm star. 7  trust star. 8  happiness star.
Optimism is a mental attitude. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass with water at the halfway point, where the optimist is said to see the glass as half full and the pessimist sees the glass as half empty. The term is originally derived from the Latin optimum, meaning best.