prospect

Speech parts

1. prospect - Noun

2. prospect - Verb

4. Prospect - Proper noun

Meaning

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.

Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.

The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state.

That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success.

To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.

To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

panorama vista view scene chance candidate expectation outlook potential future opportunity possibility aspect hope promise
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Antonyms

miss past previous deliberate blindness nostalgia
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Hypernyms

individual person research potential look belief

Hyponyms

coast ground tableau background possibility exposure

Phrases with the word

comforting prospect hopeful prospect prospect pipeline prospect development system poor prospect little prospect

Derivatives

prospected prospecting

Examples

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. Ambrose Bierce

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect. Hunter S. Thompson

However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home. Robert N. Bellah

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect. Eleanor Roosevelt

A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect. Spanish Proverb

It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

prosopylar prosopyle Prospaltian prospect development system prospect hole prospect pipeline