- anticipation
- I(Roget's IV) n.1. [Expectation]Syn. expectancy, expectation, looking forward, outlook, trust, confident expectation, eager expectation, contemplation, promise, prospect, awaiting, joy, impatience, preoccupation, hope, high hopes.Ant. fear*, dread, surprise.2. [Presentiment]Syn. prevision, presentiment, intuition, foresight, inkling, premonition, apprehension, foreboding, foreseeing, envisioning, awareness, experience beforehand, foretaste, foreknowledge, forethought, forefeeling, preassurance, forecast, prior realization, obsession, fixation, preconception, preoccupation, a priori knowledge, realization in advance, prescience, hunch, a feeling in one's bones*.Ant. surprise*, shock, wonder.II(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.expectation, apprehension, preconception, foresight, dread, prospect, contemplation, foreknowledge.III(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition of looking forward to something, especially with eagerness: expectance, expectancy, expectation. See SURPRISE. 2. Something expected: expectancy, expectation, prospect. See SURPRISE.
English dictionary for students. 2013.