Synonyms of anticipates

anticipates

verb

present tense third-person singular of anticipate

1

as in expects

to believe in the future occurrence of (something)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expects
• awaits
• predicts
• foresees
• hopes (for)
• watches (for)
• envisions
• looks for
• envisages
• looks forward to
• assumes
• contemplates
• depends (on or upon)
• views
• relies (on or upon)
• counts (on or upon)
• presupposes
• presumes
• waits (for)
• banks on
• foretells
• eyes
• prophesies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questions
• doubts

2

as in foresees

to realize or know about beforehand

I anticipated this unhelpful response

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foresees
• predicts
• envisions
• fears
• perceives
• divines
• foreknows
• envisages
• presages
• foretells
• dreads
• foreshadows
• visualizes
• previsions
• forefeels
• forecasts
• prefigures
• cautions
• prophesies
• discerns
• augurs
• prognosticates
• alerts
• apprehends
• forewarns
• previews
• foretokens
• descries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of anticipates

Rimpinen competes to get to second chances and anticipates opponents’ passes very well. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Under its new business plan, which aims to operate a 10-event annual schedule, the tour anticipates reaching profitability after three years. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The Tribune Editorial Board recently highlighted Cincinnati’s readiness plan, which anticipates attracting climate migrants in the decades ahead. — Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Assuming that earnings growth finishes the season at current levels, oil prices continue to trade above $80 as Hormuz stays closed and the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady, Hatfield anticipates the S&P 500 reaching 8,100 by year-end. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,justina Lee,fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

The project anticipates bringing 1,000 jobs to Olathe, and an additional 13–20 employees hired for the first 10 years, according to the bond application. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Cappos, like Moussouris, anticipates more unauthorized actions in the near future. — Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

The school anticipates enrolling about 8,000 new students as the academic year begins later this month. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Harpman was writing in a different era, but the elegiac loneliness of her fiction anticipates our own solitary and screen-bound present. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026