Expectations

Synonyms for expectation
noun belief, anticipation

prospect
confidence
trust
outlook
possibility
prediction
intention
chance

assumption
promise
fear
forecast
likelihood
notion
hope
view

expectancy
presumption
conjecture
probability
apprehension
supposition
reliance
motive

calculation
design
suspense
assurance
surmise
looking forward

Antonyms for expectations

distrust
doubt
disbelief
impossibility

hopelessness
reality
knowledge
unlikelihood

truth
fact
proof

Concept Thesaurus for word expectations
2. To the Future
Synonyms – noun

expectation
reckoning
prospection
horizon
waiting
ardent expectation
torment of Tantalus.
assurance

expectance
calculation
lookout
vista
abeyance
eager expectation
hope
confidence

expectancy
foresight
prospect
destiny
curiosity
breathless expectation
trust (belief)
presumption

anticipation
contemplation
perspective
suspense
anxious expectation
sanguine expectation
auspices (prediction)
reliance.

Synonyms – verbs

expect
hope for
keep in view
not wonder if.
watch for
await
foresee
think likely (probability)
hold one’s breath.

look for
anticipate
contemplate
wait for
bargain for
stand at “attention,” abide
prepare for
lead one to expect (predict)

look out for
have in prospect
promise oneself
tarry for
keep a good lookout for
bide one’s time
forestall (be early)
have in store for (destiny)

look forward to
have in contemplation
not wonder at
lie in wait for
keep a sharp lookout for
watch.
count upon (believe in)
prick up one’s ears

Synonyms – adjectives

expectant
open-eyed
all agog
aux aguets
expected
prospective
impending (destiny)

expecting
open-mouthed
on tenterhooks
ready
long expected
in one’s eye

in expectation
agape
on tiptoe
curious
foreseen
in one’s view

on the watch (vigilant)
gaping
on the tiptoe of expectation
looking forward to.
in prosepct
in the horizon

Synonyms – phrases
we shall see; nous verrons; “expectation whirls me round” [Troilus and Cressida].
Antonyms

inexpectation

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Other adjectives related to expectations

abeyant
allowed
befitting
condign
curious
due
equitable
fit
having a right to
indefeasible
lawful
licit
meriting
prescribed
proleptic
ready
sanctioned
square
unexceptionable
worthy of

absolute
astonished at nothing
chartered
constitutional
decorous
due to
expectant
fitting
impending
inviolable
legal
lochetic
ordained
prescriptive
proper
richly deserved
seemly
unalienable
unimpeachable

agape
authorized
claiming
correct
deserved
enfranchised
expected
foreseen
imprescriptible
just
legalized
meet
ordinary
presumptive
prospective
right
spectabundal
unamazed
up to the mark

allowable
becoming
common
creditable
deserving
entitled to
expecting
gaping
inalienable
just the thing
legitimate
merited
peremptory
privileged
quite the thing
right as a trivet
speratory
unchallenged
warranted

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