Synonyms of anticipating

anticipating

verb

present participle of anticipate

1

as in expecting

to believe in the future occurrence of (something)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expecting
• awaiting
• predicting
• watching (for)
• looking for
• hoping (for)
• looking forward to
• viewing
• foreseeing
• depending (on or upon)
• assuming
• waiting (for)
• envisioning
• relying (on or upon)
• contemplating
• counting (on or upon)
• envisaging
• eyeing
• presuming
• foretelling
• prophesying
• presupposing
• banking on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioning
• doubting

2

as in foreseeing

to realize or know about beforehand

I anticipated this unhelpful response

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foreseeing
• predicting
• fearing
• divining
• dreading
• envisioning
• perceiving
• forecasting
• foreknowing
• previsioning
• forefeeling
• visualizing
• presaging
• foretelling
• envisaging
• prophesying
• alerting
• foreshadowing
• prognosticating
• cautioning
• forewarning
• previewing
• prefiguring
• auguring
• discerning
• apprehending
• foretokening
• descrying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of anticipating

Late Saturday night, the trade the baseball world was anticipating (or dreading) finally came to fruition as the Detroit Tigers traded two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for three prospects. — Eric Samulski, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026

City have been anticipating this will be a busy summer for them and that could yet be the case, but so far there has been little to go at since the signing of Elliot Anderson. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026

So everybody in the wildland firefighting community was kind of anticipating a very intense fire season. — Namara Smith, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026

The denim portion of the Naia business is scaling up, with Doub anticipating double-digit growth over the next year. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026

Kylie Minogue squeezed two major collaborations into one whirlwind weekend, revisiting one of the defining duets of her career before unveiling one fans have been anticipating for decades. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026

Your only defense is anticipating the shift before the season ends. — David Farbman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Rachel Barber As Fed policymakers headed into their July meeting in the morning on July 28, traders were split with about 69% expecting no rate move and about 31% anticipating a quarter-point hike, according to CME FedWatch. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Banijay is anticipating numbers to tick up in the second half of the year, with Q4 earmarked for significant activity. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 July 2026