Which preposition to use with optimist

in Occurrences 5%

It is a mighty good thing to have a real optimist in camp, especially when the weather gets bad, and everything else seems to go wrong.

of Occurrences 4%

They were the optimists of a decaying nation and a godless, pleasure-seeking generation.

with Occurrences 2%

Meredith is the novelist of men and women in the world of learning, of letters, and of politics; he is the satirist of social shams; and he is the sparkling epigrammatist; but he is also the optimist with the sane and vigorous message for his generation, and the realist who keeps a genuine rainbow of idealism in his sky.

to Occurrences 2%

The head-gears were set at every possible angle in that coffee- shop of Yussuf's, from the backward tilt of the breezy optimist to the far-forward thrust down over the eye of malignant cynicism, which usually went with folded arms, legs thrust out straight, and heels together on the floor.

among Occurrences 2%

As they sat and stared gloomily at the spotless sea there was not a single optimist among them who felt that the end was near.

on Occurrences 1%

In San Lorenzo we duly found Isaac Rosenbaum, who proved an optimist on the subject of bacon.

through Occurrences 1%

It pervades entire chapters, colors complete incidents, and displays the temper of the optimist through the darkest pictures of human suffering.

like Occurrences 1%

Among the young men gathered together there were optimists like Isagani and Sandoval, who saw the thing already accomplished and talked of congratulations and praise from the government for the patriotism of the studentsoutbursts of optimism that led Juanito Pelaez to claim for himself a large part of the glory of founding the society.

by Occurrences 1%

Still, red mud will work miracles of disfigurement, and Casey was an optimist by nature.

Which preposition to use with  optimist