Promising

a.

1.

Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.

Adj.	1.	promising - showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man"
	2.	promising - full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career" Synonyms: bright

apt, auspicious, benign, benignant, bright, bright with promise, cheering, couleur de rose, encouraging, fair, favorable, favoring, foreseeable, fortunate, full of promise, golden, good, happy, heartening, hopeful, in the cards, inspiring, inspiriting, liable, likely, looking up, lucky, odds-on, of good omen, of happy portent, of promise, optimistic, positive, predictable, predictable within limits, pregnant of good, presumable, presumptive, probable, propitious, prosperous, reassuring, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, statistically probable, supportive, verisimilar