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anticipate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of anticipate

1 to believe in the future occurrence of (something)

  • I anticipate that we'll be seeing you for New Year's
Synonyms of anticipate

await, expect, hope (for), watch (for)
Words Related to anticipate

bank on, count (on or upon), depend (on or upon), rely (on or upon), wait (for)

envisage, envision, foresee

foretell, predict, prophesy

assume, presume, presuppose

contemplate, eye, view
Phrases Synonymous with anticipate

look for, look forward to
Near Antonyms of anticipate

doubt, question

2 to realize or know about beforehand

  • I anticipated this unhelpful response
Synonyms of anticipate

divine, forefeel, foreknow, foresee, prevision
Words Related to anticipate

augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

envisage, envision, foreshadow, prefigure, visualize

alert, caution, foretoken, forewarn

preview

descry, discern, perceive

apprehend, dread, fear

Synonym Discussion of anticipate

foresee, foreknow, divine, anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience.
    • economists should have foreseen the recession
foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation.
    • if only we could foreknow our own destinies
divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment.
    • was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war
anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens.
    • the waiter anticipated our every need

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