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| 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: | 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: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, guess, imagine, infer, judge, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand, be afraid, be inclined to think, count upon, get the idea, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, posit |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume or suppose |
| Synonyms: | conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not believe |
| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
| Synonyms: | assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | prove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; plan |
| Synonyms: | aim, consider, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, mean, mind, observe, percolate, ponder, propose, purpose, ruminate, speculate, study, take in, weigh, aspire to, brood over, chew over, cool out, kick around*, meditate on, mull over, muse over, perpend, reflect upon, size up, think of |
| Antonyms: | discard, disregard, forget, neglect, scorn, slight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harm; exact a penalty |
| Synonyms: | expect, hurt, infuriate, lose, necessitate, obligate, require, do disservice to |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consider, deem |
| Synonyms: | await, esteem, expect, hope, impute, judge, look, rate, regard, think, look upon |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include |
| Synonyms: | await, expect, hope, look, take into account, number among, take into consideration |
| Antonyms: | exclude |
| Main Entry: | deem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard, consider |
| Synonyms: | account, allow, appraise, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view, be afraid, daresay, set store by |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask strongly for something |
| Synonyms: | abuse, appeal, apply, arrogate, badger, beg, beseech, besiege, bid, challenge, charge, cite, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, direct, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, force, hit, implore, importune, inquire, interrogate, knock, nag, necessitate, oblige, order, pester, petition, postulate, pray, press, question, request, require, requisition, solicit, stipulate, summon, supplicate, tax, urge, clamor for, counterclaim, dun, hit up, impetrate, insist on, sue for, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | give, grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, gauge, guess, judge, look into, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, scheme, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, calculate roughly, form opinion, guesstimate, look upon, run over, set a figure, size up*, think through* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | foresee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anticipate, predict |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, discern, divine, envisage, espy, expect, forebode, forecast, foretell, perceive, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, see, understand, visualize, call the turn, crystal ball it, dope out*, forefeel, foreknow, have a hunch, preknow, previse, prevision, psych out, see it coming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be led to believe; infer |
| Synonyms: | assume, conclude, deduce, draw, expect, find, hear, imagine, judge, learn, make, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| 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
| Main Entry: | imagine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume, deduce |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, believe, conjecture, deem, expect, fancy, gather, guess, infer, presume, realize, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take it, think, understand, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | know |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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