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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outlook for future |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, calculation, chance, contemplation, expectancy, expectation, forecast, future, hope, in the cards, irons in the fire, likelihood, odds, opening, plan, possibility, presumption, probability, promise, proposal, thought |
| Main Entry: | prospect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look for; seek |
| Synonyms: | delve, dig, explore, go after, go into, inquire, investigate, look, look into, probe, search, sift, survey |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook |
| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust |
| Antonyms: | amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | aspect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element to consider |
| Synonyms: | angle, bearing, direction, facet, feature, gimmick, hand, outlook, perspective, phase, point of view, position, prospect, regard, scene, side, situation, slant, switch, twist, view, vista |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | buyer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone who purchases |
| Synonyms: | client, consumer, customer, easy make, emptor, end user, patron, prospect, purchaser, representative, shopper, sucker, user, vendee |
| Antonyms: | marketer, seller |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possibility, probability |
| Synonyms: | break, contingency, fair shake, fighting chance, indications, liability, likelihood, long shot, look-in, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, outlook, prospect, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, wager |
| Antonyms: | assurance, certainty, design, law, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | credibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believeableness |
| Synonyms: | believability, chance, integrity, likelihood, plausibility, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity |
| Notes: | something is credible to the extent that it is worthy of belief, so that credibility is worthiness of belief; credence is an acknowledgment of such worthiness |
| Antonyms: | implausibility, improbability, unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | customer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buyer of goods, services |
| Synonyms: | client, clientele, consumer, habitué, patron, prospect, purchaser, regular shopper |
| Antonyms: | owner |
| Main Entry: | delve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig into task, action |
| Synonyms: | burrow, dig, dredge, examine, excavate, explore, ferret out, go into, gouge out, inquire, investigate, jump into, leave no stone unturned, look into, probe, prospect, ransack, really get into, research, rummage, scoop out, search, seek, shovel, sift, spade, trowel, turn inside out, unearth |
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