Anticipate synonyms
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Part of speech:
To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict:
have in prospect
To foresee
promise oneself
To foresee
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
To make a supposition; suppose or believe:
To await the arrival of.
have a hunch
To foresee
To foresee
hold in view
To foresee
Conjecture means to make a guess at something.
lean upon
To foresee
entertain the hope
To foresee
The definition of await is you are expecting or ready for something.
To make a judgment about (something) without sufficient evidence; guess:
have a presentiment of
To foresee
reckon on
To foresee
To picture in the mind; imagine.
To know or understand by intuition:
(Idiomatic) To sense a fact or to have a strong conviction as a result of one's own practical experience, instinct, or gut feeling.
have a funny feeling
To foresee
(Intransitive, idiomatic) (of a person) to show impatience or frustration when delayed
To forestall
provide against
To forestall
To delay, hinder, or prevent (an event, for example) by taking action beforehand:
To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity:
To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop
(Archaic) To prevent.
(Intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
(Sports) To impede an opponent.
be early
To forestall
be one step ahead
To forestall
experience beforehand
To foretaste
have a taste of
To foretaste
have an introduction to
To foretaste
have foreknowledge of
To foretaste
take a vicarious pleasure in
To foretaste
thrill to
To foretaste
know what's coming
To foretaste
fear (antonym)
To consider probable; expect:
be surprised (antonym)
To foresee
be caught unawares (antonym)
To foresee
neglect (antonym)
Neglect is defined as to ignore or fail to care for someone or something or fail to do something.
be caught (antonym)
To forestall
ignore (antonym)
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
To have knowledge of beforehand.
To consider likely or certain:
To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
foresight (related)
To know in advance
see (related)
To go and look:
surprise (related)
Surprise is defined as to cause someone to feel amazed at something unexpected, do or say something unintentional.
plan-on
To expect; to prepare future actions based on.
To ponder; meditate.
To suppose is to assume something without conviction or to assume something without full understanding or knowledge.
To come, exist, or occur before in time:
figure on
To look forward to confidently
look foward to
To foresee
(Archaic) To foresee
To reveal the will or message of God; speak or write as a prophet.
To indicate beforehand
hope for
To foresee
look-ahead
To look in front of you literally
look into the future
To foresee
To foretell or prophesy from omens
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
To appear, often prominently
(Rare) To taste beforehand; have a foretaste of
Hope is defined as the action of wishing or desiring that something will occur.
To make unnecessary
To beat through accurate anticipation of someone's plans and actions.
Precipitate is defined as to throw something downward or cause something to happen before expected.
be unready (antonym)
act in advance of
doubt (antonym)
The definition of doubt is to be unsure or to disbelieve.
be amazed (antonym)
expect; predict
To know in advance; foresee.
The definition of foretell is to foreshadow, or to predict the future.
To indicate or characterize accurately in advance; predict:
To indicate the likelihood of; portend:
To promise is to give your word about something or guarantee that you will do whatever you are saying you will do.
look-to
(Idiomatic) To seek inspiration or advice from someone.
foreglimpse
A glimpse or revelation of the future.
envisage (related)
suggest (related)
realise (related)
believe (related)
aware (related)
likely (related)
Synonym Study
- Await implies a waiting for, or a being ready for, a person or thing a hearty welcome awaits you
- Hope implies a desire for something, accompanied by some confidence in the belief that it can be realized to hope for a raise
- Expect implies a considerable degree of confidence that a particular event will happen to expect guests for dinner
- Anticipate implies a looking forward to something with a foretaste of the pleasure or distress it promises, or a realizing of something in advance, and a taking of steps to meet it anticipating her visit, to anticipate trouble
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