| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect; predict |
Synonyms: |
assume, await, bargain for, be afraid, conjecture, count chickens, count on, cross the bridge, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretaste, foretell, have a hunch, hope for, jump the gun, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, prognosticate, promise oneself, prophesy, see, see coming, see in the cards, suppose, visualize, wait, wait for |
Antonyms: |
be amazed, be surprised, doubt |
| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in advance of |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, be early, be one step ahead of, beat someone to it, block, delay, forestall, hinder, hold back, intercept, precede, preclude, prepare for, prevent, provide against |
Antonyms: |
be unready |
| Main Entry: | anticipated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected |
Synonyms: |
certain, foreseen, likely, predictable, prepared for, sure |
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop temporarily and wait for |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stick around, stop, tarry, wait |
Antonyms: |
carry on, continue, go, move |
| Main Entry: | await |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait with expectation |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, attend, be prepared for, be ready for, cool one's heels, count on, hang around, hang in, hang out*, hope, look for, look forward to, stay, sweat it out, sweat* |
| Main Entry: | bargain for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect |
Synonyms: |
aim for, anticipate, contemplate, count on, foresee, imagine, look for, plan on, reckon on |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
Synonyms: |
aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, depend on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, rely on, suppose, think likely, trust |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
Synonyms: |
about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming |
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, figure out, find out, focus, foresee, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, see the light, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view |
Antonyms: |
disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prophesy |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, forefeel, foreknow, foresee, foretell, go out on a limb, guess, infer, intuit, perceive, predict, previse, prognosticate, see, see in the cards, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a shot, take a stab, understand, visualize |