outlook
How you see things
Outlook is a view of what lies ahead—either literally or figuratively.
A room with a pleasant outlook overlooks something worth seeing.
More often, outlook means a perspective on the future: The economic outlook remains uncertain, She has a positive outlook on life.
Someone's outlook is also their general attitude or way of seeing things: His outlook changed after the accident. (Capitalized Outlook is Microsoft's email software.)
Way of seeing things
- standpointPosition for judgment
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- mindsetEstablished mental attitude
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
stance · position · philosophy · frame of mind · point of view · lens · angle · perception
What's seen from somewhere
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
vantage point · overlook · lookout · sightline · expanse · horizon
Forecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
estimate · prospect · trend · trajectory · scenario · analysis · report
Desire for good outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
cheerfulness · brightness · sanguinity · rosiness · upbeat · eagerness · encouragement · faith
Unavoidable grim fate
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- despairTotal absence of hope
hopelessness · fatalism · negativity · defeatism · discouragement · disillusionment · dreary
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
- standpointPosition for judgment
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- mindsetEstablished mental attitude
attitude · stance · position · philosophy · frame of mind · point of view · lens · angle · perception · interpretation
view
What's seen from somewhere
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
prospect · vantage point · overlook · lookout · sightline · expanse · horizon
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
assessment · estimate · prospect · trend · trajectory · scenario · analysis · report
hope
Desire for good outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
buoyancy · cheerfulness · brightness · sanguinity · rosiness · upbeat · eagerness · encouragement · faith · assurance
doom
Unavoidable grim fate
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
despair · hopelessness · fatalism · negativity · defeatism · discouragement · disillusionment · dreary
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- dispositionsdisposition, predisposition, inclination, tendency, propensity
- Predictionprediction, forecasting, forecast model, estimation, extrapolation
- hopehopefulness, optimism, expectation, anticipation, wish
- outlookoptimism, pessimism, worldview, perspective, mindset
- viewpointsviewpoint, standpoint, perspective, point of view, opinion
outlookpessimism
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
despair · hopelessness · negativity · gloom · defeatism
outlookhindsight
Recognition after the fact
retrospect · past · retrospection · history · backward glance
outlookcertainty
Total absence of doubt
fact · actuality · reality · foregone conclusion · inevitability