best case scenario
Everything goes right
Best case scenario is the most favorable possible outcome of a situation: Best case scenario, we finish by Friday and have the weekend free.
The phrase sets up an optimistic projection, often implicitly contrasted with worse possibilities.
Sometimes hyphenated when used as an adjective: a best-case-scenario projection.
- optimalMost desirable outcome
- winAchieve victory
- home runFull-circuit scoring hit
- slam dunkForceful basket from above
- prizeReward for winning
alternative · favorable · be-all end-all · utopia · finish · outcome · ideal · pinnacle · dream · pie in the sky · perfection · jackpot · windfall · upside · rosy outlook · triumph · culmination · paradise
- wishful thinkingif only, what if, one day, fingers crossed, with any luck
- optimismoptimism, hope, positive thinking, positivity, hopeful
outcome quality
best case scenarioworst case scenario
Most unfavorable possible outcome
worst-case · nightmare scenario · doomsday scenario · doom and gloom · rock bottom