Synonyms of expectations

expectations

noun

plural of expectation

as in anticipations

the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence

in expectation of a harsh winter, we budgeted more money than usual for the cost of heating our home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anticipations
• expectancies
• expectances
• prospects
• contemplations
• alarms
• misgivings
• apprehensions
• dreads
• forebodings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expectations

Some of the responsibility for changing these expectations lies with companies. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Bill Belichick and North Carolina opened their 2026 season with an upset of TCU, defying a 9 1/2-point spread and a preseason of low expectations to win 15-10 on Saturday in Ireland. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Screenshot The company’s capital expenditures were roughly $2 billion combined in 2024 and 2025, with expectations of $725 million this year. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

There are freshmen players who may have decided on a college in part on playing time expectations, but who now might see their opportunities to play reduced or even lost for the season. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Not as an idealised image of femininity, but as individuals carrying contradictions, expectations and desires. — Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026

Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Two programs make their FBS debuts today, and the betting market has very different expectations for them. — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Middlemarch George Eliot’s unconventional Victorian novel upends expectations while crafting a complex portrait of family and individual life in fictional Middlemarch, North Loamshire. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

That is both a compliment and, depending on your expectations, a minor criticism. — New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026