| Prospective 1. (n.) of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. 2. (n.) Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. 3. (n.) Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. 4. (n.) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. 5. (n.) A perspective glass. Thesaurus Entries 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 |