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Prospect

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Belief 76% connected

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; rel…

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Explore 76% connected

To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Potency 76% connected

The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influenc…

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Potential 76% connected

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

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Potentiality 76% connected

The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

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Research 76% connected

Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Anticipation 76% connected

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

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Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Background 76% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Coast 76% connected

The side of a thing.

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Expectancy 76% connected

The act of expecting ; expectation.

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Exposure 76% connected

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or cont…

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Foreground 76% connected

On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and…

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Foretaste 76% connected

A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

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Glimpse 76% connected

A sudden flash; transient luster.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Hope 76% connected

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

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Misgiving 76% connected

of Misgive

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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

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Tableau 76% connected

A striking and vivid representation; a picture.

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Chance 74% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Chance 74% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Prognostic 74% connected

Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.

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Prognostic 74% connected

Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.

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Prospector 74% connected

One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region for minerals and precious metals.

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Prospector 74% connected

One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region for minerals and precious metals.

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Synonym 10

Aspect 92% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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Candidate 92% connected

One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a cand…

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Chance 92% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expectation 92% connected

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

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Outlook 92% connected

To face down; to outstare.

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Panorama 92% connected

A complete view in every direction.

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Prognosis 92% connected

The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydro…

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Scene 92% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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View 92% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Vista 92% connected

A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or o…

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