Synonyms and Antonyms of anticipate

synonym (synonym of anticipate)

  • (noun)
    apprehend, forecast, hope, expect, foretaste, look forward to
    To anticipate may be either to take before in fact or to take before in thought; in the former sense it is allied with prevent; in the latter, with th more.. (noun)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    expect
    regard something as probable or likely (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.social)
    counter, foresee, forestall
    act in advance of; deal with ahead of time (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    foreknow, foresee, previse
    realize beforehand (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise
    make a prediction about; tell in advance (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.emotion)
    look for, look to
    be excited or anxious about (verb.emotion)
     

antonym (antonym of anticipate)

hypernym (anticipate IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • act in advance of; deal with ahead of time (verb.social)
    act, move
    perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb.social)
     
  • be a forerunner of or occur earlier than (verb.change)
    come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
    come to pass (verb.change)
     
  • be excited or anxious about (verb.emotion)
    await, expect, look, wait
    look forward to the probable occurrence of (verb.cognition)
     
  • make a prediction about; tell in advance (verb.communication)
    guess, hazard, pretend, venture
    put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation (verb.communication)
     
  • realize beforehand (verb.cognition)
    know
    be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt (verb.cognition)
     
  • regard something as probable or likely (verb.cognition)
    evaluate, judge, pass judgment
    form a critical opinion of (verb.cognition)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF anticipate relation)

  • be excited or anxious about (verb.emotion)
    apprehend, quail at
    anticipate with dread or anxiety (verb.emotion)
     
  • make a prediction about; tell in advance (verb.communication)
    read
    interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    outguess, second-guess
    attempt to anticipate or predict (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    augur
    predict from an omen (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    bet, wager
    maintain with or as if with a bet (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    calculate, forecast
    predict in advance (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    prophesy, vaticinate
    predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration (verb.communication)
     
  • regard something as probable or likely (verb.cognition)
    guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think
    expect, believe, or suppose (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    assume, presume, take for granted
    take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    believe, trust
    be confident about something (verb.cognition)
     

verb group (anticipate is verb group of ....)

  • (verb.cognition)
    await, expect, look, wait
    look forward to the probable occurrence of (verb.cognition)
     

derivation (.... is derived from anticipate)

synonym antonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation apprehend forecast expect counter foreknow foresee doubt dread fear recall recollect remember come about fall out evaluate judge know guess guess imagine assume presume conjecture hypothecate await expect look wait anticipatory prevenient expectation outlook anticipant anticipative
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. apprehend, forecast, hope, expect, foretaste, look forward to . expect . counter, foresee, forestall . foreknow, foresee, previse . call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise . look for, look to . despair of, doubt, dread, fear, recall, recollect, remember, distrust . act, move . come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place . await, expect, look, wait . guess, hazard, pretend, venture . know . evaluate, judge, pass judgment . apprehend, quail at . read . outguess, second-guess . augur . bet, wager . calculate, forecast . prophesy, vaticinate . guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think . assume, presume, take for granted . conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize . believe, trust . await, expect, look, wait . forestalling, obviation, preclusion . anticipatory, prevenient . anticipation, prediction, prevision . prognostication, prophecy, vaticination . forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication . forecast, prognosis . foreboding . boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment . forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer . predictive, prognostic, prognosticative . farsightedness, foresight, prevision, prospicience . anticipant, anticipator . expectation, outlook, prospect . expectation . anticipant, anticipative, expectant


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