Synonyms for ANTICIPATION
ænˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃənan·tic·i·pa·tion

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1. anticipation

   Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

   Synonyms:
   antepast, apprehension, expectancy, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

   Antonyms:
   astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonder

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. anticipation

   Synonyms:
   prevention, expectation, forestallment, awaiting, preoccupation, preconception, foresight, forethought, foretaste, prelibation, preclusion, pregustation, antepast, forecast, provision

   Antonyms:
   surprise, unpreparedness, un-expectedness, inexpectation, actual enjoyment, non-expectation, realization, consummation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. anticipation, expectancynoun

   an expectation

   Synonyms:
   prediction, anticipation, expectation, expectancy, prevision

2. anticipation, expectancynoun

   something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

   "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"

   Synonyms:
   prediction, anticipation, expectation, expectancy, prevision

3. prediction, anticipation, previsionnoun

   the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

   Synonyms:
   anticipation, expectancy, prescience, expectation, prediction, farsightedness, foretelling, prognostication, foresight, prevision, prospicience, forecasting

4. anticipation, expectationnoun

   anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

   Synonyms:
   anticipation, expected value, expectation, expectancy, outlook, arithmetic mean, prediction, prospect, prevision, first moment

Matched Categories

1. • Expectation
   • Hopefulness
   • Reasoning

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anticipationnoun

   Synonyms:
   expectation, expectance, contemplation, prospect, hope, trust, ABEYANCE

2. anticipationnoun

   Synonyms:
   foretaste, prelibation, antepast, presentiment, forestalling, foreseeing, foresight, prescience, prevision, forethought, forecast, preconception

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1. anticipationnoun

   Synonyms:
   expectation, preclusion, preoccupation, foretaste, antepast, forethought

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1. List of paraphrases for "anticipation":

   forecast, forecasting, prediction, expectation, impatience, advance, prevision, foresight, anticipatory, foretaste, waiting, preparation

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anticipation

   Synonyms:
   Anticipation, dynamic mutation, Sherman paradox

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1. Makenosi Maroo:

   In anticipation of the volumes expected to be imported into South Africa, the (GMO) Executive Council has approved the adjustment of a permit condition which relates to the handling requirement, there is therefore no intention to relax safety assessment or risk management procedures prescribed.

2. Joe Scarborough:

   Co-host Joy Behar, who was recently forced to apologize for mocking Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian faith, even pressed Avenatti on whether or not there is actually evidence regarding claims that Stormy Daniels ' was threatened. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is about as anti-Trump as anyone in mainstream media. The former Republican congressman disassociated himself from the GOP amid disagreements with the president and is now a registered Independent. His co-host and fianc, MikaBrzezinski, questions Trump’s mental health on a regular basis and has been on the receiving end of personal attacks from Trump’s Twitter account. But despite the on-going feud with Donald Trump at all, the MSNBC star had a hard time believing some of the details alleged by Stormy Daniels ' after Michael Avenatti built up anticipation. [ Avenatti ] told us two weeks ago that she was threatened with assault and we would find out more on ‘ 60 Minutes, ’ when in fact we found out nothing new on ‘ 60 Minutes. ’.

3. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   There's anticipation that we would need a fall booster and what that framework would look like and if a vaccine is needed due to a different variant, this becomes challenging, because is it really a booster if it's not the same formulation ? And should we be talking about it in that way or is it simply a new vaccination ?

4. Neil Patrick Harris:

   (There's) so much anticipation, and so many (Oscar-viewing) parties where people are hoping that things go wrong. It's not really an audience wanting you to win.

5. Rick Meckler:

   The Fed really for the first time has been sending kind of mixed signals about the pace of raising rates, if the economy is good enough for them to raise rates that could be a good move for stocks, if they are just raising rates in anticipation of the economy picking up and it never does that is a pretty negative sign.