Word Meanings - PROSPECT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

look forward; pro before, forward + specere, spicere, look, to see: 1. That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook. His eye discovers unaware The goodly prospect of some foreign

Additional info about word: PROSPECT

look forward; pro before, forward + specere, spicere, look, to see: 1. That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook. His eye discovers unaware The goodly prospect of some foreign land. Milton. 2. Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape. I went to Putney . . . to take prospects in crayon. Evelyn. 3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout. Him God beholding from his prospect high. Milton. 4. Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect. And their prospect was toward the south. Ezek. xl. 44. 5. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state. Locke. Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life Tillotson. 6. That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success. "To brighter prospects born." Cowper. These swell their prospectsd exalt their pride, When offers are disdain'd, and love deny'd. Pope.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PROSPECT)

• Hope
• Anticipation
• prospect
• vision
• longing
• confidence
• desire
• expectation
• trust

Related words: (words related to PROSPECT)

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  Forbearance to punish or resent.
• CONFIDENCE
  1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
• LONGIPALP
  One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.
• TRUSTEE
  A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects
• TRUSTY
  1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
• LONGSPUN
  Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious. The longspun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below. Addison.
• VISIONARY
  1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. 2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given
• LONGSOME
  Extended in length; tiresome. Bp. Hall. Prior. -- Long"some*ness, n. Fuller.
• LONGULITE
  A kind of crystallite having a acicular form.
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• LONGSHORE
  Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning.
• LONGIMETRY
  The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. Cheyne.
• LONG
  Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30. Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious
• LONG-STOP
  One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
• LONG-TONGUE
  The wryneck.
• LONGSPUR
  Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius , and allied genera. The Lapland longspur , the chestnut-colored longspur , and other species, inhabit the United States.
• EXPECTATION
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  That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. -- Trust"less*ness, n.
• VISION
  The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve. 3. That
• LONG-WAISTED
  1. Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons. 2. Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments;
• SELF-TRUST
  Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
• UNEXPECTATION
  Absence of expectation; want of foresight. Bp. Hall.
• MISDIVISION
  Wrong division.
• MISTRUSTLESS
  Having no mistrust or suspicion. The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith.
• DISTRUSTLESS
  Free from distrust. Shenstone.
• KALONG
  A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
• ALONGSIDE
  Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
• DIVISIONARY
  Divisional.
• OBLONGLY
  In an oblong form.