What are some opposite words for expectation?
Antonyms for expectation
ˌɛk spɛkˈteɪ ʃənex·pec·ta·tion
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term expectation.
Wiktionary
expectationnoun
Synonyms:
arithmetic mean, average
English Synonyms and Antonyms
expectation
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.
Antonyms:
astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonderSynonyms:
antepast, anticipation, apprehension, expectancy, foreboding, forecast, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
expectation
Synonyms:
expectancy, trust, confluence
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Princeton's WordNet
expectation, outlook, prospectnoun
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
Synonyms:
scene, view, mind-set, aspect, first moment, prognosis, candidate, prospect, arithmetic mean, outlook, chance, vista, anticipation, lookout, mentality, expected value, panorama, medical prognosis, mindsetanticipation, expectationnoun
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
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anticipation, expected value, expectancy, outlook, arithmetic mean, prediction, prospect, prevision, first momentexpectationnoun
the feeling that something is about to happen
Synonyms:
anticipation, outlook, expected value, first moment, arithmetic mean, prospectarithmetic mean, first moment, expectation, expected valuenoun
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
Synonyms:
anticipation, outlook, expected value, first moment, arithmetic mean, prospect
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
expectationnoun
Synonyms:
expectancy, anticipation
How to use expectation in a sentence?
There's an expectation from all that we meet in the middle here.
I just have volumes of praise for all these people who started working on our show without this expectation that the show would turn into this thing.
I didn't see one with regard to four embassies, what I'm saying is, I share the President's view that probably -- my expectation was they were going to go after our embassies.
It's my expectation that Russian athletes will be in Rio... and I'd be very surprised if the organisations that have to declare them compliant again would not be cooperative in making that happen.
There should not be an expectation on the part of institutions... that the government will back down on everything, when you negotiate, there should be mutual concessions.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2824 | fear | |
#3339 | wonder | |
#3643 | doubt | |
#4651 | surprise | |
#11615 | expectation | |
#11912 | enjoyment | |
#13519 | realization | |
#15811 | despair | |
#19676 | dread | |
#41108 | astonishment | |
#50801 | consummation |
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