ANTICIPATIVE Synonyms

• having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

• a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

• having or showing great excitement and interest

• in an aroused state

• (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

• marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

• (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive

• having or manifesting hope

• an ambitious and aspiring young person

• likely to turn out well in the future

• a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• intense or sharp

• excellent

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• having a sharp cutting edge or point

• express grief verbally

• expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds

• expecting the best

• made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

• having made preparations

• equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

• descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

• (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens

• completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

• poised for action

• (of especially money) immediately available

• mentally disposed

• made suitable and available for immediate use

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• engaged in or accustomed to close observation

• experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

• carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

• one who anticipates

• marked by eager anticipation