Synonyms of prospects

prospects 1 of 2

noun

plural of prospect

1

as in views

all that can be seen from a certain point

gazing at the wide prospect spread out before me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• views
• panoramas
• perspectives
• vistas
• outlooks
• landscapes
• sceneries
• commands
• sights
• lookouts
• scenes
• visual fields
• kens

2

as in candidates

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

a good prospect for the position of auditor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• candidates
• applicants
• contenders
• hopefuls
• seekers
• aspirants
• competitors
• campaigners
• nominees
• expectants
• entrants
• contestants
• qualifiers
• favorites
• claimants
• appliers
• entries
• pretenders
• stalking horses
• favorite sons
• crown princes
• running mates
• spoilers
• dark horses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incumbents
• officeholders
• noncandidates
• inductees
• awardees
• dropouts
• honorees

3

as in possibilities

something that can develop or become actual

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possibilities
• potentials
• potentialities
• capabilities
• probabilities
• eventualities
• likelihoods
• potencies
• latencies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realities
• actualities
• certainties

4

as in anticipations

the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anticipations
• expectations
• expectancies
• expectances
• contemplations
• alarums
• alarms
• dreads
• apprehensions
• misgivings
• forebodings

prospects

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verb

present tense third-person singular of prospect

as in searches

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 & Similar Words

• searches
• explores
• probes
• scouts
• hunts
• skirrs
• reconnoitres
• reconnoiters
• discovers
• reveals
• discloses
• unearths
• fathoms
• plumbs
• sounds