EXPECTED Synonyms

• expected hopefully

• resulting from one's intentions

• future; betrothed

• has a good chance of being the case or of coming about

• with considerable certainty; without much doubt

• expected to become or be; in prospect

• within the realm of credibility

• designed or carried out according to a plan

• with planning and intention

• extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

• realize beforehand

• picture to oneself; imagine possible

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• foreshadow or presage

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

• take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission

• constitute reasonable evidence for

• take liberties or act with too much confidence

• regard something as probable or likely

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• realize beforehand

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• be excited or anxious about

• be a forerunner of or occur earlier than

• look forward to the probable occurrence of

• time during which some action is awaited

• the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

• stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

• wait before acting

• look forward to the probable occurrence of

• serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

• an urgent or peremptory request

• the ability and desire to purchase goods and services

• required activity

• the act of demanding

• a condition requiring relief

• request urgently and forcefully

• require as useful, just, or proper

• claim as due or just

• lay legal claim to

• summon to court

• ask to be informed of

• a specific instance of feeling hopeful

• United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

• the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

• one of the three Christian virtues

• expect and wish

• be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

• intend with some possibility of fulfilment

• a state of extreme poverty

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• anything that is necessary but lacking

• a specific feeling of desire

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• have need of

• hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

• wish or demand the presence of

• be without, lack; be deficient in

• a specific feeling of desire

• an expression of some desire or inclination

• (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare

• the particular preference that you have

• to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something

• make or express a wish

• feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of

• order politely; express a wish for

• invoke upon

• express the need or desire for

• require as useful, just, or proper

• request the participation or presence of

• gather or collect

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

• be excited or anxious about