best-case scenarios
Most favorable possibilities
Best-case scenarios are the most favorable outcomes that could reasonably occur.
The phrase typically appears in planning or analysis, contrasting with worst-case scenarios: In the best-case scenario, we launch by March; worst case, we're looking at June.
The singular form is more common, but the plural covers multiple optimistic possibilities across different situations.
- bright sidePositive aspect of something
- rosy outlookCheerful expectation of success
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
- bestHighest in quality
- silver liningConsolation within misfortune
glass half full · optimism · sunny disposition · ideal · pie in the sky · success · smooth sailing · hopefulness · hypothesizing · outcome · possibilities · results · wishful thinking · best laid plans · achievement · aspiration · speculation · projection
best-case scenariosworst-case scenarios
Imagined maximum-damage outcomes
doomsday scenarios · negative outcomes · horror stories · doom and gloom · failure modes