| Main Entry: | expectant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipating |
Synonyms: |
alert, anticipative, anxious, apprehensive, awaiting, breathless, eager, expecting, hopeful, hoping, in suspense, looking for, on edge, on tenterhooks, prepared, raring, ready, vigilant, waiting, waiting on, watchful, with bated breath |
| Main Entry: | expectant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preparing to give birth |
Synonyms: |
enceinte, expecting, gravid, parturient, pregnant, with child |
| Main Entry: | agog |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthralled |
Synonyms: |
anxious, avid, breathless, eager, enthusiastic, excited, expectant, impatient, in suspense, on tenterhooks |
| Main Entry: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
Synonyms: |
agog, ardent, avid, breathless, desirous, enthusiastic, expectant, fervent, impatient, intent, itching, keen, thirsty, yearning, zealous |
Antonyms: |
dreading, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | confident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, assured |
Synonyms: |
bet on, bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, counting on, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, having faith in, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, puffed up, pushy, racked, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity, valiant |
Antonyms: |
uncertain, unsure |
| Main Entry: | expecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pregnant |
Synonyms: |
carrying, expectant, in a family way, with child |
| Main Entry: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having great weight |
Synonyms: |
abundant, ample, awkward, beefy, big, built, bulky, burdensome, chunky, considerable, copious, corpulent, cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enceinte, excessive, expectant, fat, fleshy, gravid, gross*, hefty, huge, laden, large, lead-footed, loaded, lumbering, massive, obese, oppressed, overweight, parturient, ponderous, porcine, portly, pregnant, stout, substantial, top-heavy, two-ton, unmanageable, unwieldy, weighted, weighty, zaftig |
Antonyms: |
airy, light, lightweight, little, slight, small |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
Synonyms: |
about to happen, approaching, brewing, close, coming, expectant, fast-approaching, following, forthcoming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, immediate, impending, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, possible, probable, see it coming, threatening, to come, unavoidable, unescapable |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
Antonyms: |
distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | on guard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defensive |
Synonyms: |
alert, averting, cautious, checking, defending, expectant, guarding, preservative, preventive, protecting, safeguarding, vigilant, warding off, watchful, withstanding |
| Main Entry: | optimistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing positively |
Synonyms: |
Utopian, assured, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, confident, encouraged, expectant, happy, high, hopeful, hoping, idealistic, keeping the faith, merry, on cloud nine, on top of world, positive, promising, ray of sunshine, rose-colored, rosy, sanguine, sunny*, trusting, upbeat |
Antonyms: |
dejected, depressed, doubtful, gloomy, hopeless, pessimistic, sorrowful |