Synonyms for expectancy
ɪkˈspɛk tən siex·pectan·cy

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1. expectancy

   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, anticipation, apprehension, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anticipation, expectancynoun

   an expectation

   Synonyms:
   prediction, anticipation, expectation, 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, prevision

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1. expectancynoun

   Synonyms:
   expectation, hope, expectance

2. expectancynoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) abeyance, prospect

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1. List of paraphrases for "expectancy":

   hope, expectation, espérance, hoped, esperanza, span, lifespan

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1. Ellen Meara:

   If you go back far enough in the 1980s, we compared much more favorably in life expectancy with other countries, and gradually over time they improved more than the U.S., we have to look to see what we are doing or have been doing differently since the 1980s -- it's not like we can't achieve what other countries have.

2. Dan Buettner:

   Life expectancy in America is about 79, we should be able to live to 92. Somewhere along the line, we're leaving 13 years on the table. So my quest is -- how do we get those extra 13 years? And how do we make those extra 13 years, good years?

3. Jeremy Warner:

   I think the public perceives cancer as perhaps a catch-all, but there are at least 120 different types of cancer, some of which have essentially normal life expectancy with treatment.

4. Norma Jean Mattei:

   The problem is, people do not think beyond the immediate future. And they certainly do not think beyond their life expectancy, you're never going to get unit owners to vote to pay more money. So you have to have less discretion on the board level of a volunteer board. It has to be,' Well we don't have a choice.'.

5. Sean Parker:

   Very little progress has been made over the last several decades, average life expectancy has only increased three to six months with some of these drugs that cost billions to develop.