If you are talking about the word 'despair' as a noun, some antonyms would be 'joy' and 'happiness'. However, if you are talking about it as a verb, a antonym would be 'hope'.
The collective noun is a wilderness of despair. The noun despair is also a collective noun for a despair of writers, a despair of goths.
She gave up her attempt in despair. The despair of the crowd caused panic.
despair
of Despair, Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
"Despair" means "to be helpless."
The word despair is followed by "of" in an archaic construction equivalent to "give up hope."e.g. I despair of ever reaching home.The word despair is often the object of prepositions "in" or "of" (e.g. depths of despair).
"Despair" is a noun or a verb.
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The cast of Despair - 2004 includes: Jeff Jennings as Man of Despair
Passion Despair was created on 2011-05-07.
Karen lost her little boy in the grocery store when he ran away from her. After looking for half an hour and not finding him, she was in utter despair. She never thought she would see him again. Luckily, the store manager discovered him in the candy aisle, munching on a box of cookies. Do not despair, help is at hand and we're not talking about microwave meals. Now and then I look around and listen to humanity driven news, I despair, I really do. The girl's lies made her family despair.