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 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 Neither side expects the other to stick to its commitments, so every aspect of the roadmap is conditional. — Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Electronic Arts currently expects the Merger to close on or about the close of trading on August 4, 2026. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026 Even with those risks, Schickling expects that the Federal Reserve won’t hike interest rates this year. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Kim Jaejune, an executive of Samsung’s memory chip division, said the company expects the gap between chip supply and demand to widen further in 2027. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 The company expects that the hospital would see 20 to 30 patrons on a typical day and 30 to 50 patrons on a busier one, the letter said. — Rose Evans july 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026 Commuters may expect delays, or opt for different routes using what McCabe expects MoDOT to recommend — I-435, or 85th Street. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 Not because finance asked for the world to change, but because the business now expects technology investments to produce measurable business outcomes with quantifiable results. — Cory McNeley, Forbes.com, 23 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