Antonyms for prospect
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : pros-pekt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒs pɛkt |
Definition of prospect
Origin :- early 15c., "act of looking into the distance," from Latin prospectus "distant view, look out; sight, faculty of sight," noun use of past participle of prospicere "look out on, look forward," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "extensive view of the landscape" is from 1530s; transferred sense of "mental view or survey" is from 1620s. Sense of "person or thing considered promising" is from 1922. Prospects "expectations, things looked forward to" is from 1660s.
- noun outlook for future
- noun landscape, vista
- verb look for; seek
- The view from the Prospect, however, is the town's chief present glory.
- Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
- Uninterrupted, they marched to within a few hundred yards of Prospect Hill.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Some on 'Prospect,'—'Hermitage'—and 'Woodland' treat all right.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 » by Works Projects Administration
- Prospect of war the cause of the formation of the Royal Flying Corps.
- Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
- There was a house on Prospect Street, nearly finished, and I engaged it.
- Extract from : « The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism » by A. Leah Underhill
- It was fifteen miles to Prospect, where our nearest forces were.
- Extract from : « A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry » by Marion Morrison
- Entrenchments had been thrown up on Prospect and Winter Hills.
- Extract from : « The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill » by John T. McIntyre
- The provincials did the same, on Prospect Hill, in front of them.
- Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 » by Various
- Towards the close of 1712 Tickell published his poem on the Prospect of Peace.
- Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 » by Alexander Pope
- The climax of the season was the fancy dress dance at the Prospect House.
- Extract from : « Rough-Hewn » by Dorothy Canfield
Synonyms for prospect
- anticipation
- aspect
- calculation
- chance
- contemplation
- delve
- dig
- expectancy
- expectation
- explore
- forecast
- future
- go after
- go into
- hope
- in the cards
- inquire
- investigate
- irons in the fire
- likelihood
- look
- look into
- lookout
- odds
- opening
- outlook
- overlook
- panorama
- perspective
- plan
- possibility
- presumption
- probability
- probe
- promise
- proposal
- scape
- scene
- search
- sift
- sight
- spectacle
- survey
- thought
- view
- vision
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