noun

prospect

A wide view over an area.

The hilltop offers a broad prospect over the river valley.

Etymology

The parts mean looking forward or outward. A prospect is the broad scene visible when one looks out across an area.

More examples

  • We admired the prospect from the old tower.
  • The window opened onto a peaceful prospect.
  • An extensive prospect lay beyond the garden wall.

Forms

prospect · prospects

Similar words

view
The ordinary word without the formal landscape sense.
vista
Vista particularly suggests a broad or pleasing distant view.