Words Like EXPECT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to EXPECT.

41 Alternative Words Similar to expect

1 Expect Verb      Synonym Words Like Expect
2 Anticipate Verb      Synonym Words Like Anticipate
3 Ask Verb      Synonym Words Like Ask
4 Require Verb      Synonym Words Like Require
5 Look Verb      Synonym Words Like Look
6 Await Verb      Synonym Words Like Await
7 Wait Verb      Synonym Words Like Wait
8 Bear Verb      Synonym Words Like Bear
9 Carry Verb      Synonym Words Like Carry
10 Gestate Verb      Synonym Words Like Gestate
11 Birth Verb      Synonym Words Like Birth
12 Consider Verb      Synonym Words Like Consider
13 Deliver Verb      Synonym Words Like Deliver
14 Demand Verb      Synonym Words Like Demand
15 Evaluate Verb      Synonym Words Like Evaluate
16 Have Verb      Synonym Words Like Have
17 Judge Verb      Synonym Words Like Judge
18 Reckon Verb      Synonym Words Like Reckon
19 Regard Verb      Synonym Words Like Regard
20 See Verb      Synonym Words Like See
21 View Verb      Synonym Words Like View
22 Expected Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Expected
23 Expecting Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Expecting
24 Stay Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Stay
25 Expectation Noun      Synonym Words Like Expectation
26 Conjecture Verb      Hyponym Words Like Conjecture
27 Think Verb      Hyponym Words Like Think
28 Imagine Verb      Hyponym Words Like Imagine
29 Hypothesise Verb      Hyponym Words Like Hypothesise
30 Speculate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Speculate
31 Trust Verb      Hyponym Words Like Trust
32 Theorise Verb      Hyponym Words Like Theorise
33 Opine Verb      Hyponym Words Like Opine
34 Believe Verb      Hyponym Words Like Believe
35 Suppose Verb      Hyponym Words Like Suppose
36 Guess Verb      Hyponym Words Like Guess
37 Assume Verb      Hyponym Words Like Assume
38 Theorize Verb      Hyponym Words Like Theorize
39 Hypothesize Verb      Hyponym Words Like Hypothesize
40 Hypothecate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Hypothecate
41 Call Verb      Hyponym Words Like Call

7 examples of expect

1 I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated
2 The are expecting another child in January
3 I am carrying his child
4 She is looking to a promotion
5 he is waiting to be drafted
6 Aren't we asking too much of these children?
7 I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons

10 definitions of expect

1 To wait for; to await.
2 To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).
3 To wait; to stay.
4 Expectation.
5 be pregnant with
6 regard something as probable or likely
7 consider reasonable or due
8 look forward to the birth of a child
9 look forward to the probable occurrence of
10 consider obligatory; request and expect
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