Synonyms for prospect
Most common
expectation anticipation promise candidate outcome prognosis foreseeing
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Aspect
aspect, view, landscape, scene, survey, sight, vista, picture, spectacle, perspective, contemplation, panorama, scenery
2. Outlook
outlook, expectation, anticipation, hope, trust, presumption, expectancy
Other
chance, candidate, promise, foreseeing, outcome, probability, bird's-eye view, prognosis
Definitions
- n. 1
The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
- n. 2
A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
Forms
- Plural
- prospects → aspects, views, landscapes, scenes…
Example sentences
- expectation Sorry to say, that expectation was ill-founded.
- anticipation The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.
- promise You have to make good the promise for your mother.
- candidate I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate.
- outcome Whatever the outcome, you must meet the challenge.
- prognosis We will have a discussion concerning the prognosis.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prospect | steady | |
| expectation | steady | |
| anticipation | rising | |
| promise | rising | |
| candidate | steady | |
| outcome | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hope1, view1
- 5 letters
- trust1, scene1, sight1, vista2
- 6 letters
- chance1, survey2, aspect2
- 7 letters
- picture2, promise2, outcome2, outlook2, scenery3
- 8 letters
- panorama4
- 9 letters
- candidate3, landscape2, spectacle3, prognosis3
- 10 letters
- expectancy4, foreseeing3
- 11 letters
- perspective3, expectation4, probability5, presumption3
- 12 letters
- anticipation5
- 13 letters
- contemplation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vista2 = 2 syllables).