Related Words for anticipation

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WordSyllablesCategories
foresight
/x
Noun, Noun
prediction
x/x
Noun, Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
expectancy
x/xx
Noun, Noun
anticipating
x/xxx
Verb
excitement
x/x
Noun
anticipatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
trepidation
xx/x
Noun
awaiting
x/x
Verb
apprehension
xx/x
Noun
impending
x/x
Adjective
preparation
xx/x
Noun
eagerness
/xx
Noun
elation
x/x
Noun
nervousness
/xx
Noun
waiting
/x
Verb
exhilaration
xxx/x
Noun
enthusiasm
x/xxx
Noun
heightened
/x
Adjective
impatience
x/x
Noun
thrill
/
Noun
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
euphoria
x/xx
Noun
dread
/
Noun
delaying
x/x
Verb
fear
/
Noun
hopefulness
/xx
Noun
anxiety
x/xx
Noun
salivating
/xxx
Verb
imminence
/xx
Noun
delight
x/
Noun
upcoming
/xx
Noun
jubilation
xx/x
Noun
amazement
x/x
Noun
uncertainty
x/xx
Noun
postponing
x/x
Verb
knowing
/x
Verb
prospect
/x
Noun
expectant
x/x
Adjective
wonderment
/xx
Noun
contemplation
xx/x
Noun
enjoyment
x/x
Noun
readiness
/xx
Noun
imminent
/xx
Adjective
longing
/x
Noun
glee
/
Noun
pending
/x
Verb
subsequent
/xx
Adjective
giddiness
/xx
Noun
frenzy
/x
Noun
surprise
x/
Noun
preparing
x/x
Verb
uneasiness
x/xx
Noun
buzz
/
Noun
ensuing
/xx
Verb
suspense
x/
Noun
fervor
/x
Noun
inevitability
xxxx/xx
Noun
optimism
/xxx
Noun
prepping
/x
Verb
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
realization
/x/x
Noun
future
/x
Noun
consternation
xx/x
Noun
arrival
x/x
Noun
celebration
xx/x
Noun
feeling
/x
Noun
quivering
/xx
Verb
urgency
/xx
Noun
satisfaction
xx/x
Noun
seeing
/x
Verb
elicitation
x/x/x
Noun
gratification
xxx/x
Noun
foreseeing
x/x
Verb
dismay
x/
Noun
prelude
/x
Noun
wariness
/xx
Noun
newness
/x
Noun
savoring
/xx
Verb
onset
/x
Noun
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
likelihood
/xx
Noun
foreshadowing
x/xx
Noun
unpredictability
xxxx/xx
Noun
consequent
/xx
Adjective
receptiveness
x/xx
Noun
frisson
/x
Noun
unease
x/
Noun
sensation
x/x
Noun
announcement
x/x
Noun
engendering
x/xx
Noun
coming
/x
Verb
reaction
x/x
Noun
possibility
xx/xx
Noun
spurring
/x
Verb
exultation
x//x
Noun
savouring
/xx
Verb
bewilderment
x/xx
Noun
adrenaline
x/xx
Noun
preconditioning
xx/xx
Noun
guessing
/x
Noun
forestalling
x/x
Verb
presupposition
xxx/x
Noun
preoccupation
xxx/x
Noun
planning
/x
Noun
conception
x/x
Noun
apprehending
xx/x
Verb
procrastination
xxx/x
Noun
assumption
x/x
Noun
prevention
x/x
Noun
premeditation
xxx/x
Noun
intimation
xx/x
Noun
provision
x/x
Noun
production
x/x
Noun
arrangement
x/x
Noun
supposition
xx/x
Noun
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
actuation
/x/x
Noun
taking
/x
Verb
preproduction
xx/x
Noun
betting
/x
Verb
preprocessing
x/xx
Noun
projecting
x/x
Verb
supposing
x/x
Verb
deferment
x/x
Noun
advancing
x/x
Verb
enticement
x/x
Noun
manifestation
xxx/x
Noun
postulation
/x/x
Noun
initialization
x/xx/x
Noun
organizing
/xxx
Noun
exciting
x/x
Adjective
detection
x/x
Noun
advancement
x/x
Noun
gleeful
/x
Adjective
retrospection
xx/x
Noun
tingle
/x
Noun
pleasurable
/xxx
Adjective
shiver
/x
Noun
pleased
/
Adjective
breathless
/x
Adjective
drooling
/x
Verb
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
assurance
x/x
Noun
attendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
before
x/
Adverb
bustle
/x
Noun, Verb
contingency
x/xx
Noun
contrast
/x
Noun, Verb
convulsively
x/xx
Adverb
embarrassed
x/x
Adjective
estimate
/xx
Noun, Verb
eyed
/
Adjective
fever
/x
Noun, Verb
forecast
/x
Noun, Verb
foretaste
x/
Noun, Verb
forethought
/x
Noun, Adjective
gap
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hope
/
Noun, Verb
insurance
x/x
Noun
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
life expectancy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
meantime
/x
Noun, Adverb
notice
/x
Noun, Verb
optical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
outlook
/x
Noun, Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
predictability
xxx/xx
Noun
premonition
xx/x
Noun
preparedness
x/xx
Noun
prepayment
x/x
Noun
prognosis
x/x
Noun
prognostication
xxx/x
Noun
projection
x/x
Noun
prophecy
/xx
Noun, Verb
provident
/xx
Adjective
recollection
xx/x
Noun
reminiscence
xx/x
Noun
rhetorical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
sight
/
Noun, Verb
spanning
/x
Noun
standby
//
Noun, Verb
tension
/x
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
vista
/x
Noun, Verb
welfare
/x
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective