1. (verb)expect, anticipate regard something as probable or likely Synonyms: predict, await, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forestall, look, gestate, wait, require, anticipate, call, prognosticate, look to, have a bun in the oven, foresee, carry, ask, foretell, forebode, expect, bear, promise
2. (verb)ask, require, expect consider obligatory; request and expect Synonyms: await, call for, demand, enquire, inquire, need, look, involve, wait, want, require, have a bun in the oven, necessitate, postulate, anticipate, gestate, take, carry, ask, command, expect, bear
3. (verb)expect, look, await, wait look forward to the probable occurrence of Synonyms: count, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, wait, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, expect, bear, see
4. (verb)expect consider reasonable or due Synonyms: require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear
5. (verb)expect look forward to the birth of a child Synonyms: require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear
6. (verb)have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect be pregnant with Synonyms: digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, conceptualize, look, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, require, behave, await, extend, run, sway, endure, put up, take, stick out, expect, deport, assume, pay, ask, take over, dribble, channel, carry, transport, stomach, birth, stock, hold, transmit, conceptualise, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, wait, wear, stockpile, conceive, anticipate, give birth, bear
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'expect'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. expect To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 K Synonyms: abide, anticipate, dwell, remain, stop, await, endure, reside, tarry, bear, expect, rest, tolerate, bide, inhabit, sojourn, wait, confront, live, stay, watch, continue, lodge Antonyms: abandon, forfeit, migrate, reject, avoid, forfend, move, resist, depart, journey, proceed, shun
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