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Synonyms for expect
ɪkˈspɛktex·pect

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expectverb

    Synonyms:
    anticipate, await, hope, look for

  2. expectverb

    To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).

    Synonyms:
    hope, await, look for, anticipate

  3. expectverb

    To consider obligatory or required.

    Synonyms:
    await, anticipate, hope, look for

  4. expectverb

    To consider reasonably due.

    You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.

    Synonyms:
    hope, await, look for, anticipate

  5. expectverb

    to be pregnant, to consider a baby due

    Synonyms:
    hope, look for, await, anticipate

  6. expectverb

    To wait for; to await.

    Synonyms:
    hope, look for, anticipate, await

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 3 votes

  1. expect

    To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

    Synonyms:
    abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

    Antonyms:
    abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

    Preposition:
    Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.7 / 3 votes

  1. expect

    Synonyms:
    anticipate, await, forecast, forebode, wait for, rely on, look for, foresee

    Antonyms:
    welcome, hail, recognize, greet, realize

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expect, anticipateverb

    regard something as probable or likely

    "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

    Synonyms:
    predict, await, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forestall, look, gestate, wait, require, anticipate, call, prognosticate, look to, have a bun in the oven, foresee, carry, ask, foretell, forebode, bear, promise

  2. ask, require, expectverb

    consider obligatory; request and expect

    "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

    Synonyms:
    await, call for, demand, enquire, inquire, need, look, involve, wait, want, require, have a bun in the oven, necessitate, postulate, anticipate, gestate, take, carry, ask, command, bear

  3. expect, look, await, waitverb

    look forward to the probable occurrence of

    "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

    Synonyms:
    count, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, wait, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, bear, see

  4. expectverb

    consider reasonable or due

    "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

    Synonyms:
    require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

  5. expectverb

    look forward to the birth of a child

    "She is expecting in March"

    Synonyms:
    require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

  6. have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expectverb

    be pregnant with

    "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

    Synonyms:
    digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, conceptualize, look, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, require, behave, await, extend, run, sway, endure, put up, take, stick out, deport, assume, pay, ask, take over, dribble, channel, carry, transport, stomach, birth, stock, hold, transmit, conceptualise, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, wait, wear, stockpile, conceive, anticipate, give birth, bear

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expectverb

    Synonyms:
    await, wait for

  2. expectverb

    Synonyms:
    anticipate, look for, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, rely upon

  3. expectverb

    Synonyms:
    HOPE, hope for

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expectverb

    Synonyms:
    anticipate

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "expect":

    wait, await, hope, anticipate, expects, look

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How to use expect in a sentence?

  1. Tony Gonzales:

    While Title 42 was never intended as a permanent solution, it is the last line of defense for law enforcement along the border. Without it, we can expect illegal crossings to double overnight.

  2. Todd Carroll:

    Why a president is talking to an ambassador on a non-encrypted telephone is crazy for today's age, and worse in public, ukraine is one of the most open areas for intelligence agencies to work in. Both sides. I was told when I was there in 2010 that expect all your calls to be monitored.

  3. Christina Freundlich:

    Virginians overwhelmingly have shown strong support for Terry's leadership on vaccine requirements, we expect Youngkin's dangerous, Trumpian positions to be a driving motivation for Virginians to vote for Terry McAuliffe and Democrats this fall.

  4. Newburg Fire Department -RRB-:

    This was not your typical accident that you would expect to respond to.

  5. Sarah Pierce:

    You would expect that during this massive public health and economic crisis that the administration's agenda would be sidelined, but instead it's been as aggressive if not more aggressive than it's ever been.


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