Definition for Anticipate:

• be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in; " This composition anticipates Impressionism"

Synonyms for Anticipate:

• n.

  •
  • delay,
  • rejoice,
  • neglect,
  • brighten,
  • block,
  • treasure,
  • intercept,
  • hold back,
  • cheer.
  •
  • foresight,
  • estimate,
  • gauge,
  • judge,
  • underestimate,
  • guess,
  • overestimate.
  •
  • depend on,
  • surprise,
  • figure on.
  •anticipate (noun)
  • counter,
  • foresee,
  • prognosticate,
  • forebode,
  • look to,
  • promise,
  • call,
  • expect.

• v.

  •act in advance of (verb)
  • hinder,
  • apprehend,
  • preclude,
  • be early,
  • beat someone to it,
  • provide against,
  • be one step ahead of.
  •expect (verb)
  • contemplate,
  • infer,
  • assume,
  • dread,
  • await,
  • deduce,
  • surmise,
  • presume,
  • imagine,
  • gather,
  • presuppose,
  • envisage,
  • suspect,
  • bargain for.
  •expect; predict (verb)
  • foretaste,
  • have a hunch,
  • conjecture,
  • wait for,
  • jump the gun,
  • prevision,
  • prophesy,
  • cross the bridge,
  • be afraid,
  • prepare for,
  • promise oneself,
  • see coming,
  • hope for,
  • entertain,
  • count chickens.
  •hope (verb)
  • rely,
  • yearn,
  • wish,
  • believe,
  • aspire,
  • dream of,
  • want,
  • trust,
  • desire.
  •plan (verb)
  • blueprint,
  • plan,
  • aim,
  • coordinate,
  • scheme,
  • conceive,
  • contrive,
  • invent,
  • design,
  • chart,
  • premeditate,
  • propose,
  • plot,
  • arrange,
  • intend.
  •precede (verb)
  • lead,
  • trail-blaze,
  • foreshadow,
  • head off,
  • introduce,
  • pioneer,
  • Forerun,
  • antecede,
  • antedate,
  • predate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bargain on,
  • postdate.
  •
  • suppose,
  • depend.
  •
  • count on.
  •
  • draw.
  •
  • bargain.
  •
  • figure.
  •
  • see.
  •abide
  • stay.
  •calculate
  • rely on.
  •extrapolate
  • see ahead.
  •hope
  • watch for.
  •make unnecessary
  • obviate.
  •precede
  • go before,
  • preexist.
  •rely
  • chicken.
  •sense
  • sense,
  • have a feeling,
  • have feeling.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •visualize
  • conceive of,
  • call up.

Paraphrases for Anticipate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    anticipated.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    planned.
  • Proper noun, singular
    expectations, predict.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    expect, envisage, contemplate, envision, wait, predict, estimate, await, assume, prescribe, presume, imagine, consider, contain, reckon, speculate, intend, hypothesize, hope.
  • Verb, base form
    expect, lay, pre-empt, forecasting, forestall, envisage, preempt, contemplate, stipulates, second-guess, incorporate, envision, wait, prevent, precede, predict, estimate, await, assume, accelerate, advance, prescribe, presume, imagine, Considering, consider, specify, contain, accommodate, planned, allocate, speculate, expedite, outstrip, introduce, intend, hope, earmark.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Predicting.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    foresee, foresaw.
  • Verb, base form
    foresee, foresaw, prejudge.

Antonyms for Anticipate:

• v.

  • act in advance of
    forward, permit, allow, help.
  • expect; predict
    be amazed, be unready, doubt, be surprised.
  • Other antonyms:
    depart, forfeit, shun, remember, journey, distrust, migrate, despair of, question, abandon, recollect, avoid, resist, move, fear, reject, proceed, Forfend, recall.

Homophones for Anticipate:

• anticipated, amniotic cavity.

Hypernym for Anticipate:

• v.

  • cognition
    conjecture, opine, guess, theorise, hypothecate, reckon, trust, take for granted, suppose, assume, imagine, speculate, theorize, hypothesise, hypothesize, think, presume, believe.

Hyponym for Anticipate:

• v.

  • change
    hap, pass off, pass, fall out, come about, take place, occur, happen, go on.
  • cognition
    evaluate, judge, pass judgment.
  • social
    move, act.