prospect
noun
• the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.
• "there was no prospect of a reconciliation"
Similar:
likelihood,
hope,
expectation,
anticipation,
(good/poor) chance,
chances,
odds,
probability,
possibility,
likeliness,
promise,
lookout,
dream,
fear,
danger,
hazard,
coming soon,
on the way,
in the pipeline,
likely to happen,
to come,
coming up,
at hand,
close/near at hand,
near,
imminent,
in the offing,
in view,
in store,
on the horizon,
in the wings,
just around the corner,
in the air,
in the wind,
brewing,
upcoming,
forthcoming,
impending,
approaching,
on the cards,
• a person regarded as likely to succeed or as a potential customer, client, etc.
• "Norwich's unbeaten heavyweight prospect"
• an extensive view of landscape.
• "a viewpoint commanding a magnificent prospect of the estuary"
Similar:
view,
vista,
outlook,
perspective,
panorama,
aspect,
scene,
scenery,
sweep,
landscape,
seascape,
townscape,
cityscape,
surroundings,
picture,
spectacle,
sight,
lookout,
prospect
verb
• search for mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation.
• "the company is also prospecting for gold"
Similar:
inspect,
survey,
make a survey of,
explore,
search,
scout,
reconnoitre,
examine,
check out,
look,
seek,
hunt,
go after,
dowse,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting the action of looking towards a distant object): from Latin prospectus ‘view’, from prospicere ‘look forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + specere ‘to look’. Early use, referring to a view of landscape, gave rise to the meaning ‘mental picture’ (mid 16th century), whence ‘anticipated event’.
