prospect

Nouns

  • (n) the possibility of future success
    • his prospects as a writer are excellent
    chance,
  • (n) belief about (or mental picture of) the future expectation, outlook,
  • (n) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) candidate,
  • (n) the visual percept of a region
    • the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
    panorama, vista, view, aspect, scene,
  • (n) a prediction of the course of a disease medical prognosis, prognosis,

Verbs

  • (v) search for something desirable
    • prospect a job
  • (v) explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

Synonyms

chance expectation outlook candidate panorama vista view aspect scene medical prognosis prognosis

Words of close approximity

prosper
prospective prospector prospectus