Expect Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Expect

To make a supposition; suppose or believe:

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To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict:

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To make an estimate or conjecture:

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To be in need of; need

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To remain or stay in expectation of; await:

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To wait for; expect

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(Idiomatic, euphemistic) To be pregnant; to be expecting a baby.

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(Idiomatic) to rely upon, trust, or expect

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To suppose is to assume something without conviction or to assume something without full understanding or knowledge.

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To request forcefully.

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To require

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To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.

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To look forward to confidently

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The definition of calculate is to use reason or common sense to determine something, or to use math to determine an answer.

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(Intransitive) To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.

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To perceive through the sense of touch:

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(Archaic) To foresee

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(Chiefly Southern & South Midland) To think or conclude:

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To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.

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To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

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To be inclined or desirous; wish:

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To be dependent on something or someone for support or help.

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To search; to seek.

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figure on

To look forward to confidently

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To endure something with tolerance or patience:

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To carry within the uterus from conception to delivery.

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To appear to be; seem

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To expect or demand:

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(Idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure. Be excited or eager to.

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(Agric.) To bear as a crop; produce

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To picture in the mind; imagine.

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With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission. [from 14th c.]

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To consider (something) to be true or probable on little or no evidence:

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hope for

To anticipate

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Antonyms for Expect

lose faith in

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anticipate

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To anticipate with anxiety, alarm, or apprehension; fear intensely

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To be afraid:

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Words Related to Expect

To speak of or consider a matter prematurely

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To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated:

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To oblige to do or not do by force of authority, propriety, or custom

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most likely

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be able

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Find another word for expect. In this page you can discover 49 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for expect, like: assume, foresee, guess, anticipate, require, wait, await, have-a-bun-in-the-oven, count on, suppose and demand.