Another word for anticipation

anticipation Synonyms

anticipation

n.

Expectation
expectancy, expectation, looking forward, outlook, trust, confident expectation, eager expectation, contemplation, promise, prospect, awaiting, joy, impatience, preoccupation, hope, high hopes.
Antonyms fear*, dread, surprise.
Presentiment
prevision, presentiment, intuition, foresight, inkling, premonition, apprehension, foreboding, foreseeing, envisioning, awareness, experience beforehand, foretaste, foreknowledge, forethought, forefeeling, preassurance, forecast, prior realization, obsession, fixation, preconception, preoccupation, a priori knowledge, realization in advance, prescience, hunch, a feeling in one's bones*.
Antonyms surprise*, shock, wonder.

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Another word for anticipation

noun

The condition of looking forward to something, especially with eagerness:
expectance, expectancy, expectation. See surprise
Something expected:
expectancy, expectation, prospect. See surprise