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| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect; predict |
| Synonyms: | assume, await, bargain for*, conjecture, count on, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretell, jump the gun*, prognosticate, prophesy, see, suppose, visualize, wait, be afraid, count chickens, cross the bridge, foretaste, have a hunch, hope for, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, promise oneself, see coming, see in the cards, wait for |
| Antonyms: | doubt, be amazed, be surprised |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in advance of |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, block, delay, forestall, hinder, hold back, intercept, precede, preclude, prevent, be early, be one step ahead of, beat someone to it, prepare for, provide against |
| Antonyms: | be unready |
| Main Entry: | oracular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prophetic |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, apocalyptic, arcane, auspicious, authoritative, cabalistic, clairvoyant, cryptic, dogmatic, foreboding, imperious, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, ominous, peremptory, portentous, positive, prescient, sage, secret, significant, vague, venerable, wise, Delphian, anticipating, auguring, discovering, divining, divulging, fatidic, forecasting, foretelling, interpretive, mantic, portending, predicting, presaging, proclaiming, prognosticating, prophesying, sibylline, soothsaying, vatic |
| Main Entry: | hoping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing |
| Synonyms: | assuming, expecting, trusting, wishing, anticipating, looking forward |
| Main Entry: | in the family way |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pregnant |
| Synonyms: | expecting, anticipating, carrying, gestating, heavy with child, knocked-up, with child |
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | optimistic, expectant |
| Synonyms: | assured, blithe, buoyant, calm, cheerful, comfortable, confident, content, eager, elated, enthusiastic, expecting, faithful, high, hoping, lighthearted, rosy*, sanguine, satisfied, serene, trusting, unflagging, upbeat, anticipating, anticipative, at ease, emboldened, forward-looking, inspirited, keeping the faith, looking forward to, reassured, rose-colored, trustful |
| Notes: | hopeful means having or inspiring hope; optimistic means expecting the best |
| Antonyms: | despairing, despondent, discouraged, fearful, gloomy, hopeless, low, pessimistic, sad |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pregnant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carrying developing offspring within the body |
| Synonyms: | abundant, enceinte, expectant, expecting*, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, heavy, hopeful, productive, prolific, replete, teeming, anticipating, carrying a child, gestating, gravid, in family way, parous, parturient, preggers, with child |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prepared; available |
| Synonyms: | accessible, apt, at hand, completed, convenient, covered, equipped, expectant, fit, handy, near, on call, on tap*, on the brink*, organized, primed, qualified, ripe, set, wired*, adjusted, all set, all systems go, anticipating, arranged, at beck and call, at fingertips, at the ready, champing at bit, close to hand, equal to, fixed for, in line, in order, in place, in position, in readiness, in the saddle, on hand, open to, waiting |
| Antonyms: | immature, slow, unavailable, unprepared, unripe, unsuitable, unready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop temporarily and wait for |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, wait, stick around* |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, go, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bargain for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, contemplate, count on, foresee, imagine, aim for, 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, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, suppose, trust, depend on, rely on, think likely |
| 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, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, find out, focus, foresee, judge, know, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, remark, rubberneck*, separate, spot, take in, view, discrepate, figure out, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, make distinction, pick out, secern, see the light, see through, severalize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prophesy |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, foresee, foretell, guess, infer, perceive, predict, prognosticate, see, suppose, surmise, suspect, understand, visualize, forefeel, foreknow, go out on a limb, intuit, previse, see in the cards, take a shot, take a stab |
| Main Entry: | envisage/envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | picture in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in mind's eye, vision, visualize |
| Main Entry: | extrapolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infer |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, assume, conclude, deduce, envision, figure, foresee, foretell, guess, predict, project, theorize, hypothesize, make an educated guess, see ahead |
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel alarm; be scared of |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, avoid, blanch, cower, crouch, dread, expect, falter, flinch, foresee, fret, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, break out in a sweat, dare not, feel concern, have butterflies, have qualms, lose courage |
| Antonyms: | brave |
| Main Entry: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, guess |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, anticipate, augur, calculate, conclude, conjecture, demonstrate, determine, divine, estimate, figure, foresee, foretell, gather, gauge, infer, plan, portend, predetermine, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, reason, surmise, call the turn, dope out*, figure out*, in the cards, see it coming, soothsay, telegraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foretell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, warn |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, announce, anticipate, apprehend, augur, betoken, bode, call, declare, disclose, divine, divulge, dope*, figure, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, forewarn, portend, prefigure, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, prophesy, read, reveal, signify, tell, auspicate, call it, call the shot, crystal ball it, dope out*, figure out*, foreknow, make book, psych, see something coming, soothsay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for, dream about |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, aspire, assume, await, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, desire, expect, foresee, hold, pray, presume, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat*, trust, wish, be sure of, deem likely, depend on, feel confident, hang in, have faith, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, promise oneself, sweat it, sweat it out, take heart, think to, watch for |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelieve, fear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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