Synonyms for prospective
prəˈspɛk tɪvprospec·tive

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1. prospectiveadjective

   of or concerned with or related to the future

   "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"

   Antonyms:
   retrospective, retroactive, ex post facto, retro

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1. prospectiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   future, coming

2. prospectivenoun

   Synonyms:
   distant view

3. prospectivenoun

   Synonyms:
   view, prospect, contemplation

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1. List of paraphrases for "prospective":

   potential, forward-looking, future, possible, foresight, contingent, eventual, associate, forward-thinking

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1. Lawrence Yun:

   Securing a home is still a major challenge for many prospective buyers, a number of potential buyers have merely paused their search, but their desire and need for a home remain.

2. Zak Malamed:

   The first question prospective candidates are often asked by the Democratic Party before they run is :' How much can you raise from your personal network ?'.

3. David Friend:

   These comments I may have made about our employees or prospective hires were only based on performance or qualifications — not about anyone's race or gender.

4. Gerald McSwiggan:

   The English department faculty saw a need for additional scholarship in Black studies, and decided to focus doctoral admissions this year on prospective PhD students with an interest in working in and with Black Studies, as with other departments in the University, the departments faculty will decide which areas of scholarship they wish to focus on for PhD admissions in future years.

5. Kristen Knutson:

   The strength of this study is that it is a prospective study, which means short sleep was associated with the development of metabolic syndrome, this is important because the sleep duration was measured before the people had the disease.