/ Thesaurus / A Synonyms of anticipated Find synonyms for: Verb1. expect, anticipate, evaluate, pass judgment, judgeusage: regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"2. anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter, act, moveusage: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time3. anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee, knowusage: realize beforehand4. predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise, guess, venture, pretend, hazardusage: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"5. anticipate, look for, look to, expect, look, await, waitusage: be excited or anxious about6. anticipate, happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take placeusage: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"Adjective1. anticipated, awaited(predicate), hoped-for, expected (vs. unexpected)usage: expected hopefullyWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: diligent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language