Synonyms for Looking forward to:

• adj.

  •hopeful (adjective)
  • satisfied,
  • keeping the faith,
  • eager,
  • content,
  • high,
  • buoyant,
  • reassured,
  • cheerful,
  • rosy,
  • comfortable,
  • calm,
  • Inspirited,
  • lighthearted,
  • emboldened,
  • at ease,
  • Anticipating,
  • assured,
  • trustful,
  • trusting,
  • faithful,
  • blithe,
  • anticipative,
  • Expecting,
  • serene,
  • Hoping,
  • unflagging,
  • up-beat,
  • upbeat,
  • elated,
  • confident,
  • rose-colored,
  • forward-looking,
  • enthusiastic,
  • sanguine.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • hopeful.

• v.

  •anticipate (verb)
  • promise oneself,
  • have a hunch,
  • suppose,
  • assume,
  • plan on,
  • wait for.
  •await (verb)
  • be prepared for,
  • be ready for,
  • stay.
  •expect (verb)
  • apprehend,
  • think,
  • presume,
  • envisage,
  • foreknow,
  • watch for,
  • bargain on,
  • predict,
  • trust,
  • feel,
  • calculate,
  • take,
  • understand,
  • contemplate,
  • surmise,
  • sense,
  • presuppose,
  • suspect,
  • look,
  • gather,
  • imagine,
  • reckon,
  • in the cards,
  • look ahead to.
  •hope (verb)
  • pray,
  • desire,
  • believe,
  • deem likely,
  • wish,
  • think to,
  • knock on wood,
  • expect,
  • feel confident,
  • have faith,
  • look at sunny side,
  • aspire,
  • take heart,
  • cherish,
  • rely,
  • depend on,
  • be sure of,
  • keep fingers crossed,
  • hold,
  • sweat it.
  •wait (verb)
  • stand by,
  • sit up for,
  • bide one's time,
  • put on hold,
  • save it,
  • sit tight,
  • linger,
  • abide,
  • remain,
  • stay up for,
  • lie low,
  • hang onto your hat.
  •wish (verb)
  • solicit,
  • pray for,
  • entreat.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • await,
  • jump the gun,
  • hope,
  • count chickens,
  • cross the bridge,
  • anticipate,
  • Desiderate,
  • yearn,
  • envy,
  • delay,
  • divine,
  • crave,
  • sigh for,
  • prefer,
  • hang in,
  • look for,
  • elect,
  • prophesy,
  • hunger,
  • prepare for,
  • hang,
  • stick around,
  • bide,
  • visualize,
  • hang out,
  • thirst,
  • entertain,
  • hole up,
  • sweat,
  • hope for,
  • covet,
  • want,
  • foretaste,
  • choose,
  • mark time,
  • see in the cards,
  • sweat it out,
  • fancy,
  • long,
  • figure,
  • prevision,
  • cool it,
  • invoke,
  • dally,
  • will,
  • foretell,
  • stall,
  • foresee,
  • wait,
  • look forward to,
  • spoil for,
  • watch,
  • see coming,
  • keep shirt on,
  • cool one's heels,
  • tarry,
  • fill time,
  • yen,
  • itch,
  • request,
  • hold on,
  • command,
  • order,
  • bargain for,
  • hanker,
  • hold everything,
  • need,
  • hang around,
  • hold the phone,
  • be afraid,
  • lie in wait,
  • conjecture,
  • please,
  • like,
  • prognosticate,
  • hold back,
  • beg,
  • set one's heart on,
  • count on,
  • see,
  • attend,
  • forecast.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • agape,
  • optimistic,
  • looking for,
  • anticipatory,
  • tiptoe,
  • Forewarned,
  • curious,
  • waiting,
  • sure,
  • forearmed,
  • not surprised,
  • forestalling,
  • unsurprised,
  • gaping,
  • agog.

Antonyms for Looking forward to:

• adj.

  • hopeful
    fearful, pale, inauspicious, wretched, heavy, unhappy, discouraged, pointless, desperate, upset, gloomy, despondent, pessimistic, hopeless, disinterested, depressed, unenthusiastic, unpromising, despairing, down, low, sad, apathetic.

• v.

  • anticipate
    be amazed, be surprised, be unready, doubt.
  • expect
    overlook, neglect, disregard, disbelieve, misunderstand, know.
  • hope
    despair, distrust, forsake, abandon, fear.
  • wait
    go, hurry, move, go ahead, DO, forward, carry out, advance, forge, leave, carry on, rush.
  • wish
    dislike, hate, answer, despise, spurn, give, ignore.