prospects
Possibilities lying ahead
Prospects are possibilities or expectations for the future, especially regarding success or advancement: Her job prospects improved after the certification, The prospects for peace look dim.
A prospect is also a potential customer or candidate: The sales team identified several promising prospects.
To prospect is to search for valuable minerals: prospecting for gold.
The verb suggests exploration with uncertain returns.
Traveling through unknown regions
- goldrushMass migration seeking precious metal
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- excavationAct of unearthing
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
strike · vein · deposit · ore · panning · surveying · staking · bonanza
Attitude toward the future
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- prognosisPredicted disease course
trajectory · trends · anticipation · foresight · expectations · likelihood · scenarios · prediction
Commitment to act
- talentInborn aptitude
- aptitudeInnate capability
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- capacityMaximum amount containable
ability · development · gifted · emerging · budding · raw · untapped · latent
Things that may occur
- chancesProbabilities of occurrence
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- avenuesWide urban streets
pathways · doors · windows · breaks · leads · offers · alternatives · ventures
Profits from investments
- yieldsGives forth results
- growthIncrease in size
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- marketVenue for trade
stocks · speculation · risk · upside · dividends · capital · equity · venture
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- professionTrained occupational field
- employmentPaid occupation status
networking · ambition · qualifications · job · hire · resume · interview · recruiter
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
- goldrushMass migration seeking precious metal
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- excavationAct of unearthing
claim · strike · vein · deposit · ore · panning · surveying · staking · bonanza · lode
outlook
Attitude toward the future
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- projectionSomething that extends outward
prognosis · trajectory · trends · anticipation · foresight · expectations · likelihood · scenarios · prediction · long-term
promise
Commitment to act
- talentInborn aptitude
- aptitudeInnate capability
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
capacity · ability · development · gifted · emerging · budding · raw · untapped · latent · unrealized
possibilities
Things that may occur
- chancesProbabilities of occurrence
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- optionsAvailable courses of action
avenues · pathways · doors · windows · breaks · leads · offers · alternatives · ventures · endeavors
returns
Profits from investments
market · stocks · speculation · risk · upside · dividends · capital · equity · venture · valuation
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- professionTrained occupational field
employment · networking · ambition · qualifications · job · hire · resume · interview · recruiter · headhunter
suitor
One who seeks affection
- eligibleMeeting required conditions
- bachelorUnwed male adult
- bacheloretteUnmarried woman
dating · match · courtship · admirer · partner · spouse · marriage · betrothal · engagement · wooing
- AHLfarm team, affiliate, call-up, development league, farm teams
- athletesathlete, Olympian, champion, swimmers, runner
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- expectationsexpect, expectation, anticipate, expectancy, await
- job fairsrecruiters, employers, job seekers, jobseekers, resumes
- salessale, sales, selling, salesperson, salesman
prospectsdoom
Unavoidable grim fate
hopelessness · despair · bleakness · gloom · dead ends
prospectscertainties
Assured truths
actualities · sure things · guarantees · realities · foregone conclusions
prospectsfailures
Unsuccessful attempts or outcomes
dead ends · impossibilities · closed doors · missed opportunities · setbacks
- job prospectsExpected employment opportunities
- gold prospectingSearching for native ore
- gold prospectorOne seeking precious metal
- draft prospectAthlete eligible for picking
- prospective partnerPotential romantic match
- Prospect ParkBrooklyn urban park
prospect, prospective, prospectus, prospector, prospecting, prospectors, prospected