Expecting Synonyms and Antonyms

Carrying a developing fetus within the uterus
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. expectant
  2. pregnant
  3. big
  4. enceinte
  5. due
  6. gravid
  7. parturient
  8. gone
  9. about to become a mother
  10. great
Be pregnant with
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. anticipating
  2. supposing
  3. wanting
  4. suspecting
  5. carrying
  6. thinking
  7. sensing
  8. reckoning
  9. hoping
  10. guessing
  11. foreseeing
  12. forecasting
  13. feeling
  14. assuming
  15. presuming
  16. envisioning
  17. demanding
  18. deeming
  19. calculating
  20. awaiting
  21. bearing
Antonyms:
  1. fearing
  2. dreading
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Consider obligatory; request and expect
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. exacting
  2. supposing
  3. requiring
  4. asking
  5. demanding
Regard something as probable or likely
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. waiting
  2. awaiting
  3. foreseeing
  4. anticipating
  5. looking

Words Related to Expecting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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Expecting Sentence Examples

  • Yes, and we're expecting another.

  • He was sending her out and expecting her to return.

  • What's the matter, are you expecting a better offer?

  • Are you expecting trouble?

  • She reached the door and looked back, expecting to find him right behind her, but he wasn't.

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