Synonyms and Antonyms of anticipation

synonym (synonym of anticipation)

  • (noun)
    antepast, expectation, foresight, hope, apprehension, foreboding, foretaste, presentiment, expectancy, forecast, forethought, prevision
    Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonl more.. (noun)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    expectancy
    an expectation (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    prediction, prevision
    the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.state)
    expectation
    anticipating with confidence of fulfillment (noun.state)
     

antonym (antonym of anticipation)

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

  • an expectation (noun.feeling)
    expectation
    the feeling that something is about to happen (noun.feeling)
     
  • anticipating with confidence of fulfillment (noun.state)
    hopefulness
    full of hope (noun.state)
     
  • something expected (as on the basis of a norm) (noun.cognition)
    expectation, outlook, prospect
    belief about (or mental picture of) the future (noun.cognition)
     
  • the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (noun.cognition)
    abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning
    thinking that is coherent and logical (noun.cognition)
     

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

  • an expectation (noun.feeling)
    suspense
    excited anticipation of an approaching climax (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    fever
    intense nervous anticipation (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    hope
    a specific instance of feeling hopeful (noun.feeling)
     
  • something expected (as on the basis of a norm) (noun.cognition)
    life expectancy
    an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities (noun.time)
     
  • the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (noun.cognition)
    projection
    a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    prognostication, prophecy, vaticination
    knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration
    the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand (noun.cognition)
     

derivation (.... is derived from anticipation)

  • an expectation (noun.feeling)
    anticipant, anticipative, expectant
    marked by eager anticipation (adj.all)
     
  • anticipating with confidence of fulfillment (noun.state)
    expect
    look forward to the birth of a child (verb.body)
     
  • something expected (as on the basis of a norm) (noun.cognition)
    await, expect, look, wait
    look forward to the probable occurrence of (verb.cognition)
     
  • the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (noun.cognition)
    anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise
    make a prediction about; tell in advance (verb.communication)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym derivation expectation foresight hope expectancy prediction prevision astonishment despair dread fear surprise consummation abstract thought logical thinking reasoning expectation outlook prospect projection prognostication adumbration foreshadowing life expectancy suspense anticipate call forebode await expect look
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. antepast, expectation, foresight, hope, apprehension, foreboding, foretaste, presentiment, expectancy, forecast, forethought, prevision . expectancy . prediction, prevision . expectation . astonishment, despair, dread, fear, surprise, consummation, doubt, enjoyment, realization, wonder . expectation . hopefulness . expectation, outlook, prospect . abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning . suspense . fever . hope . life expectancy . projection . prognostication, prophecy, vaticination . adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration . anticipant, anticipative, expectant . expect . await, expect, look, wait . anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise


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