Definition for Anticipation:

• pleasurable expectation

Synonyms for Anticipation:

• n.

  •
  • delight,
  • enthusiasm,
  • satisfaction,
  • ecstasy,
  • kick,
  • pleasure,
  • excitement.
  •
  • preoccupation.
  •anticipation (noun)
  • expectancy,
  • expectation,
  • prediction.
  •cognition (noun)
  • anticipation.
  •eagerness (noun)
  • greedinesses,
  • impetuosities,
  • intentnesses.
  •expectance (noun)
  • assumption,
  • suspicion,
  • foreknowledge,
  • apprehension,
  • readiness,
  • deduction,
  • presupposition,
  • preparedness,
  • Envisagement,
  • Expectance.
  •forecast (noun)
  • fore token,
  • fore-seeing,
  • pre cognitions,
  • foreseeings,
  • fore-token,
  • pre visions,
  • pre-cognitions,
  • fore-casts,
  • pre vision,
  • pre-sciences,
  • pre-cognition,
  • out looks,
  • foretellings,
  • out-looks,
  • pre-visions,
  • fore tokens,
  • out-look,
  • pre-science,
  • pre-vision,
  • fore casts,
  • pre sciences,
  • fore seeing,
  • fore seeings,
  • fore-telling,
  • fore-seeings,
  • fore telling,
  • pre science,
  • out look,
  • fore cast,
  • fore-cast,
  • fore-tokens,
  • pre cognition.
  •foreknowledge (noun)
  • fore-knowledge,
  • fore knowledges,
  • fore knowledge,
  • fore-knowledges.
  •foresight (noun)
  • in sight,
  • Canniness,
  • discreetness,
  • Prenotion,
  • longsightedness,
  • insights,
  • far-sightedness,
  • Long-sightedness.
  •forethought (noun)
  • de liberations,
  • de-liberations,
  • de liberation,
  • fore thoughts,
  • de-liberation,
  • fore-thought,
  • fore-thoughts,
  • fore thought.
  •hope (noun)
  • aspiration,
  • desire,
  • yearning,
  • confidence,
  • sureness,
  • wish,
  • faith.
  •hunch (noun)
  • feeling one bone,
  • fore warnings,
  • feeling ones bone,
  • feeling in one bone,
  • in tuition,
  • fore-warning,
  • fore boding,
  • pre-apprehensions,
  • feeling in bone,
  • prenotations,
  • pre-notations,
  • pre notations,
  • in-tuition,
  • pre-sages,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • pre apprehensions,
  • mis-giving,
  • pre notice,
  • pre sage,
  • mis giving,
  • pre apprehension,
  • fore-warnings,
  • preapprehensions,
  • feeling bone,
  • pre-sage,
  • forewisdoms,
  • pre sentiment,
  • fore-bodings,
  • ominations,
  • fore bodings,
  • pre notices,
  • fore-boding,
  • feeling in one's bone,
  • feeling one's bone,
  • in-tuitions,
  • pre sentiments,
  • pre notation,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • augurations,
  • presagements,
  • in tuitions,
  • pre-apprehension,
  • fore wisdom,
  • feeling in ones bone,
  • pre-notation,
  • fore wisdoms,
  • fore-wisdoms,
  • fore-wisdom,
  • pre-notices,
  • pre sages,
  • pre-notice,
  • bodings.
  •plan (noun)
  • blueprint,
  • scheme,
  • idea,
  • invention,
  • aim,
  • contrivance,
  • premeditation,
  • chart,
  • coordination,
  • arrangement,
  • plan,
  • plot,
  • conception,
  • intention,
  • design,
  • proposition.
  •precaution (noun)
  • safety measures,
  • safety measure.
  •precedence (noun)
  • earliness,
  • place,
  • order,
  • antecedence,
  • primacy,
  • position,
  • precedence,
  • precession,
  • priority.
  •preparation (noun)
  • incubation,
  • tryout,
  • getting ready,
  • incubations,
  • build-up,
  • substructures,
  • putting in order,
  • homeworks,
  • homework,
  • substructure,
  • build-ups,
  • making ready,
  • gestation,
  • schoolwork,
  • lead time.
  •presumption (noun)
  • pre mises,
  • pre-mises,
  • pre-supposition,
  • sur-mises,
  • pre-mise,
  • shot in dark,
  • pre suppositions,
  • sneaking suspicions,
  • sur mises,
  • pre-suppositions,
  • sur-mise,
  • pre supposition,
  • sur mise,
  • shot the dark,
  • shot dark,
  • apriorisms,
  • pre mise.
  •probability (noun)
  • likeliness,
  • reasonableness,
  • practicability,
  • conceivability,
  • snowball's chance,
  • tossup,
  • outside chance,
  • practicabilities,
  • toss up.
  •prospect (noun)
  • irons in fire,
  • in the cards.
  •rumination (noun)
  • excogitation.
  •thought (noun)
  • inducing,
  • theorizations,
  • rumination,
  • ideation,
  • knowings,
  • introspection,
  • thought,
  • theorization,
  • seeings,
  • ideations.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • delectation,
  • joie de vivre,
  • schadenfreude,
  • fever pitch,
  • nibble,
  • bug,
  • relish,
  • morale,
  • foretaste,
  • spring fever,
  • gold rush,
  • luster,
  • spice.
  •
  • amusement,
  • fever,
  • bang,
  • adventure,
  • romance,
  • glow,
  • haste,
  • imagination,
  • triumph.
  •
  • flutter,
  • enchantment.
  •
  • appreciation,
  • buzz,
  • rush.
  •presentiment
  • awareness,
  • inkling,
  • wonder,
  • fixation,
  • preconception,
  • shock,
  • intuition.

Paraphrases for Anticipation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    prevision.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    prediction, prospect.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    suspense.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    advances, Predicting, anticipatory, wait, Waits, meantime, hope, anxiety, perspective, predictability, eagerness, tension, projected, prognosis, prepayment, provision, estimate, forethought, expectancy, provident, prelude, assumption, view, Hoped, aspiration, notice, connection, vision, lead-up, participation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    forecast, forecasting, preparation, impatience, projection, waiting, foresight, trepidation, contemplation, foretaste, excitement, outlook, speculation, interest.

Antonyms for Anticipation:

• n.

  • expectation
    astonishment, fear, doubt, amazement, wonder, ignorance, sensation, surprise, Unreadiness.
  • readiness; forethought
    thoughtlessness, hindsight.
  • Other antonyms:
    realization, dread, consummation, enjoyment, despair.

Anticipation Sentence Examples:

• The significance of Locke's account of this distinction lies for our purposes in its anticipation of Kant.

• They have saved us a day's journey - at the very least," he added with a short laugh that was full of eager anticipation.

Hypernym for Anticipation:

• n.

  • cognition
    life expectancy.
  • feeling
    fever, hope, suspense.

Hyponym for Anticipation:

• n.

  • cognition
    expectation, outlook, prospect.
  • feeling
    expectation.