prospect

n

1.Usu. prospects

probability, likelihood, likeliness, liability, outlook for the future; distinct possibility, possibility, chance, good chance, even or fair chance; favorable chance, well-grounded hope, great expectation; off chance, outside chance, remote possibility, long shot.

2. anticipation, envisagement, envisionment; expectation, expectancy, thought, hope; intention, design, plan; assumption, presumption, speculation, reckoning, calculation, contemplation.

3. outlook, view, vista, exposure, aspect, scene, scenery, landscape, picture, panorama; spectacle, display, pageant, show.

4. perspective, mental viewpoint, attitude, point of view; position, standpoint, interpretation, side, slant, angle.

5. in prospect

in view, in one's eye, on the horizon; in the offing, in store, in the wind, Inf. in the cards; under consideration, on the docket, on the table; projected, planned; near, close, at hand, close at hand.

v

6. explore, search, check out, take a look at, inspect, survey; investigate, scrutinize, examine, analyze, Archaic. indagate; experiment, sample, try.