EXPECTS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

expects

verb

present tense third-person singular of expect

as in anticipates

to believe in the future occurrence of (something) we expect their arrival late this afternoon

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Recent Examples of expects The judge expects to issue a decision within the next few months. — Maddie White, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 Heavy-duty trucking focus The company expects the new service to help fleets lower diesel consumption, reduce operating costs, and minimize driver downtime through on-site fueling. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 The university expects its counts of cultural items to increase as consultation with tribes proceeds and more objects are identified. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Reddit expects Rules Hub to eventually replace the Automod tool, which relies primarily on exact keywords. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 Looking ahead to fiscal 2027, the company expects another year of positive free cash flow. — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 Those principles should not change depending on which party holds power or expects to benefit from abandoning them. — Jason Buckel, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026 This amount is close to what Esencia expects to save through a municipal tax exemption. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 During the call, Jassy told investors that Amazon now expects to spend $220 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, up from its prior estimate of $200 billion, due to higher memory costs. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expects

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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
Fernando anticipates an impact crater nearly 90 feet across and 16 feet deep (27 meters across and 5 meters deep), too small to see from Earth but visible to spacecraft.

— Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

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Skubal was the reigning two-time Cy Young winner trying to hold things together in his final months before free agency, where a record contract likely awaits him.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
When the siblings finally arrive, the bitter, suffocating reality that awaits them proves far harsher than Lucila had imagined.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026