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prospect

[pros-pekt] / ˈprɒs pɛkt /
NOUN
outlook for future
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anticipation chance expectation forecast future hope likelihood plan possibility probability promise proposal thought
STRONG
calculation contemplation expectancy odds opening presumption
WEAK
in the cards irons in the fire
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hopelessness impossibility unlikelihood
NOUN
landscape, vista
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aspect outlook view vision
STRONG
lookout overlook panorama perspective scape scene sight spectacle
VERB
look for; seek
Synonyms
STRONG
delve dig explore inquire investigate look probe search sift survey
WEAK
go after go into look into
Antonyms
STRONG
ignore
WEAK
miss overlook

Example Sentences

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There was confusion over which buttons to press as they wrestled with the mystery of how to reload a SmarTrip card—all of it intensified by the prospect of missing their train.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

The peer group broadly slid as investors fretted over the prospect of higher fuel prices for longer as the war in Iran dragged on.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

This season, Air Force has found another tall, promising prospect in 6-5 Malakye Matsumoto from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Treasury yields declined in Asian trade, as worries over the prospect of weakening growth due to the Middle East conflict gained traction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

For Mal had just invented something delightful—or at least something that he found delightful, which is altogether a different prospect.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.