expected - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | expected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonted |
| Synonyms: | conventional, familiar, habitual, normal |
| Main Entry: | expected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated |
| Synonyms: | coming, due, foreseen, foretold, likely, predictable, proposed, awaited, contemplated, counted upon, envisioned, foreseeable, hoped for, looked for, planned for, predicted, prepared for, prophesied, scheduled |
| Main Entry: | expect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe strongly; anticipate |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, assume, await, bargain for, calculate, conjecture, contemplate, count on, divine, envisage, feel, figure, forecast, foresee, gather, hope, imagine, look, predict, presume, presuppose, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, trust, understand, bargain on, be afraid, foreknow, hope for, in the cards, look ahead to, look for, look forward to, see coming, wait for, watch for |
| Main Entry: | expect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want, wish |
| Synonyms: | call for, count on, demand, exact, require, insist on, look for, rely upon |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, deserving, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, impending, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, preparing, prospective, pursuing, subsequent, up-and-coming, about to happen, advancing, almost on one, converging, docking, drawing near, gaining upon, getting near, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, predestined, progressing, running after, to be |
| Main Entry: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, repeated |
| Synonyms: | commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, profuse, recurrent, redundant, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various, a good many, iterated, pleonastic, recurring, reiterated, reiterative |
| Antonyms: | inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unusual, unrepeated |
| Main Entry: | intended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged; destined |
| Synonyms: | advised, affianced, calculated, expected, future, intentional, planned, predetermined, promised, proposed, set, steady, accidentally on purpose, aforethought, asked for, betrothed, contemplated, contracted, designed, meant, pinned, plighted, prearranged, predestined |
| Main Entry: | likely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probable, apt, hopeful |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, achievable, anticipated, attainable, conceivable, credible, destined, disposed, expected, fair, favorite, feasible, given to, imaginable, inclined, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible, practicable, predisposed, presumable, promising, prone, rational, reasonable, seeming, subject to, tending, thinkable, true, up-and-coming*, workable, assuring, believeable, conjecturable, in favor of, in the cards, in the habit of, inferable, odds-on, on the verge of, supposable, verisimilar |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | implausible, inapt, unforeseeable, unlikely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oncoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impending |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, expected, forthcoming, imminent, looming, nearing, upcoming, advancing, onrushing |
| Antonyms: | past, preceding |
| Main Entry: | predictable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy to foretell |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, calculable, certain, expected, foreseen, likely, prepared, sure, sure-fire, foreseeable |
| Antonyms: | improbable, unexpected, unforeseen, unpredictable |
| Main Entry: | prospective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated, potential |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, considered, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, intended, likely, planned, possible, promised, proposed, about to be, awaited, hoped-for, looked-for, soon-to-be, to be, to come |
| Antonyms: | agreed, concurred |
| Main Entry: | typical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, conventional |
| Synonyms: | archetypal, average, characteristic, classic, classical, common, commonplace, essential, everyday, exemplary, expected, general, habitual, ideal, illustrative, indicative, model, natural, normal, old hat, ordinary, orthodox, prevalent, quintessential, regular, representative, standard, standardized, stock, suggestive, symbolic, unexceptional, archetypical, emblematic, in character, in keeping, matter-of-course, paradigmatic, patterned, prototypal, prototypical, typic |
| Antonyms: | atypical, different, rare, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual |
| Main Entry: | usual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, typical |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accustomed, average, chronic, commonplace, constant, conventional, current, customary, cut-and-dried*, everyday, expected, familiar, fixed, frequent, general, grind, habitual, mainstream, natural, normal, ordinary, plain, plastic, prevailing, prevalent, quotidian, regular, rife, routine, run-of-the-mill*, so-so*, standard, stock, vanilla*, wonted, garden variety, matter-of-course, typic, unremarkable, white-bread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, atypical, irregular, uncommon, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foreseen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated |
| Synonyms: | expected, likely, predictable, prepared for |
| Main Entry: | proposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | projected |
| Synonyms: | advanced, advised, considered, contingent, determined, expected, intended, moved, planned, pressed, prospective, recommended, suggested, urged, volunteered, arranged, contemplated, designed, proffered, purposed, scheduled, schemed, submitted |
| Main Entry: | unborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future |
| Synonyms: | coming, expected, incipient, prospective, awaited |
| Main Entry: | consistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, regular |
| Synonyms: | dependable, even, expected, homogeneous, invariable, logical, persistent, rational, same, steady, true, unchanging, unfailing, uniform, unvarying, of a piece, true to type, undeviating |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, erratic, incongruous, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, varying |
| Main Entry: | conventional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, normal |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accustomed, commonplace, correct, current, customary, decorous, everyday, expected, fashionable, formal, general, habitual, ordinary, orthodox, plain, popular, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, proper, regular, ritual, routine, square, standard, stereotyped, straight, traditional, typical, usual, well-known, wonted, button-down, in established usage, tralatitious |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, exotic, foreign, irregular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unusual, uncustomary |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpaid; owing money |
| Synonyms: | IOU, chargeable, expected, mature, outstanding, overdue, payable, unsatisfied, unsettled, collectible, in arrears, not met, owed, receivable, scheduled, to be paid, unliquidated |
| Antonyms: | paid |
| Main Entry: | accustomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, usual |
| Synonyms: | accepted, chronic, common, conventional, customary, established, everyday, expected, general, habitual, ordinary, orthodox, regular, routine, set, traditional, typical |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, unaccustomed, unusual |
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