'Prospective' definitions:
Definition of 'prospective'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" [ant: retrospective]
Definition of 'Prospective'
From: GCIDE
- Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, n.
- 1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prospective'
From: GCIDE
- Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, a. [L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Time's long and dark prospective glass. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. [1913 Webster]
- The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. --Sir J. Child. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. [1913 Webster]
- Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. --W. Jay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prospective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anticipated,
- approaching,
- awaited,
- coming,
- desired,
- destinal,
- destined,
- determined,
- due,
- emergent,
- eventual,
- expected,
- extrapolated,
- fatal,
- fated,
- fatidic,
- foreseen,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- futuristic,
- hereafter,
- hoped-for,
- imminent,
- impending,
- in prospect,
- in view,
- incipient,
- later,
- long-expected,
- nearing,
- on the horizon,
- overdue,
- pending,
- planned,
- plotted,
- potential,
- predicted,
- presumed,
- probable,
- projected,
- promised,
- prophesied,
- to come,
- to-be,
- ultimate