Synonyms for Expected
ex·pect·ed

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1. expectedadjective

   Antonyms:
   unexpected, unlikely, surprising

2. expectedadjective

   The expected storm never arrived.

   Antonyms:
   surprising, unexpected, unlikely

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1. expectedadjective

   considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

   "prepared for the expected attack"

   Antonyms:
   unhoped, unannounced, out of the blue(p), upset(a), unprovided for(p), unthought-of, unforeseen, unexpected, unpredicted, unhoped-for, unlooked-for, unanticipated, unthought, unheralded

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1. List of paraphrases for "expected":

   anticipated, planned, hoped, projected, waited, foreseen, desired, awaited, scheduled, intended, envisaged, wait, predicted, should, forecast, hoped-for, expectations, waiting, expects, predictable, forecasted, provided, looked, due, foreseeable, prescribed, likely

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1. Mike Jennings:

   I'm happy Eliot Middleton is finally getting the recognition Eliot Middleton deserves, and it's crazy because I know Eliot Middleton never expected this to become so big, it's beyond Eliot Middleton wildest dreams and it's awesome to be able to see it. We're all so grateful for Eliot Middleton and so proud of Eliot Middleton.

2. Jan Dehn:

   The markets in Argentina are going to open stronger because Macri has done much better than expected.

3. David Koehler:

   We're being upfront with them if we don't have a definite delivery date and tell them if it could be even longer than expected.

4. Kyle Philips:

   We should have expected it, ‘cause he’s always trying to hurdle someone, you know? but then he actually cleared the guy. The whole sideline went insane just ’cause it finally happened. We’ve been waiting for it to happen. He’s been trying so long.

5. Masafumi Yamamoto:

   Inflation has been expected to accelerate in the April-June quarter. Although the latest reading was a bit stronger than expected, it wasn’t out of the blue.