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Antonyms for expectation
ˌɛk spɛkˈteɪ ʃənex·pec·ta·tion

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  1. expectationnoun

    Synonyms:
    arithmetic mean, average

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.1 / 9 votes

  1. 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, wonder

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. expectation

    Synonyms:
    expectancy, trust, confluence

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Princeton's WordNet2.4 / 7 votes

  1. 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, mindset

  2. anticipation, expectationnoun

    anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

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

  3. expectationnoun

    the feeling that something is about to happen

    Synonyms:
    anticipation, outlook, expected value, first moment, arithmetic mean, prospect

  4. arithmetic 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 Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. expectationnoun

    Synonyms:
    expectancy, anticipation

How to use expectation in a sentence?

  1. Guy Gallant:

    There's an expectation from all that we meet in the middle here.

  2. Seth Meyers:

    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.

  3. Mark Esper:

    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.

  4. Dick Pound:

    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.

  5. Gabriel Sakellaridis:

    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.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2824fear
#3339wonder
#3643doubt
#4651surprise
#11615expectation
#11912enjoyment
#13519realization
#15811despair
#19676dread
#41108astonishment
#50801consummation

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