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prospect

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of prospect

1 all that can be seen from a certain point

  • gazing at the wide prospect spread out before me
Synonyms of prospect

command, lookout, outlook, panorama, perspective, view, vista
Words Related to prospect

landscape, scene, scenery

ken, sight

visual field

2 one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award

  • a good prospect for the position of auditor
Synonyms of prospect

applicant, applier, aspirant, campaigner, candidate, contender, expectant, hopeful, seeker
Words Related to prospect

competitor, contestant, entrant, entry, favorite, qualifier

dark horse, spoiler, stalking horse

crown prince, favorite son

claimant, pretender

nominee, running mate
Near Antonyms of prospect

incumbent, officeholder

awardee, honoree, inductee

dropout
Antonyms of prospect

noncandidate

3 something that can develop or become actual

  • one highly desirable prospect for the city is a major-league franchise
Synonyms of prospect

capability, eventuality, possibility, potential, potentiality
Words Related to prospect

likelihood, probability

latency, potency
Near Antonyms of prospect

actuality, reality

certainty

4 the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence

  • the prospect of a quiet, restful Sunday ended when our basement flooded
Synonyms of prospect

anticipation, contemplation, expectance, expectancy, expectation
Words Related to prospect

alarm (also alarum), apprehension, dread, foreboding, misgiving

Synonym Discussion of prospect

prospect, outlook, anticipation, foretaste mean an advance realization of something to come. prospect implies expectation of a particular event, condition, or development of definite interest or concern.
    • the prospect of a quiet weekend
outlook suggests a forecasting of the future.
    • a favorable outlook for the economy
anticipation implies a prospect or outlook that involves advance suffering or enjoyment of what is foreseen.
    • the anticipation of her arrival
foretaste implies an actual though brief or partial experience of something forthcoming.
    • the frost was a foretaste of winter

prospect

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of prospect

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery

  • soon all manner of people had arrived in the valley to prospect it for gold
Synonyms of prospect

explore, hunt, probe, search, skirr
Words Related to prospect

reconnoiter (or reconnoitre), scout

disclose, discover, reveal, unearth

fathom, plumb, sound

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