/ Dictionary / Index E expectant: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: ex•pect•ant Pronunciation: (ik-spek'tunt), [key] — adj. having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience. pregnant; expecting: an expectant mother. characterized by expectations: an expectant attitude. in expectation; expected; prospective: an expectant fortune. —n. a person who expects or who waits in expectation. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: expectant (Thesaurus) expectancy expectation Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language