POTENTIAL Synonyms

• capable of happening or existing

• existing in possibility

• something that can be done

• an applicant who might be suitable

• moving forward

• reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

• beginning to develop

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

• (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct

• in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

• lying with head on paws as if sleeping

• inactive but capable of becoming active

• of an organism prior to birth or hatching

• in an early stage of development

• coming to maturity

• coming into existence

• expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating

• at ease in talking to others

• of the relatively near future

• available when required or as promised

• yet to be or coming

• a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened

• the time yet to come

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

• bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

• effective in or looking toward the future

• (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

• relating to or suitable for growth

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

• close in time; about to occur

• only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

• potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

• (pathology) not presently active

• awaiting conclusion or confirmation

• likely but not certain to be or become true or real

• an applicant likely to be chosen

• apparently destined

• showing possibility of achievement or excellence

• likely to turn out well in the future

• of or concerned with or related to the future

• a developmental process