Roget's Thesaurus

#507. Expectation

Nouns

expectation, expectance, expectancy; anticipation, reckoning, calculation; foresight etc. 510. contemplation, prospection, lookout; prospect, perspective, horizon, vista; destiny etc. 152. suspense, waiting, abeyance; curiosity etc. 455; anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation; torment of Tantalus. hope etc. 858; trust etc. (belief) 484; auspices etc. (prediction) 511; assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance.

Verbs

expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for; anticipate; have in prospect, have in contemplation; keep in view; contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder at etc. 870, not wonder if. wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for; await; stand at 'attention'; abide, bide one's time, watch. foresee etc. 510; prepare for etc. 673; forestall etc. (be early) 132; count upon etc. (believe in) 484; think likely etc. (probability) 472. lead one to expect etc. (predict) 511; have in store for etc. (destiny) 152. prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.

Adjectives

expectant; expecting etc. v.; in expectation etc. n.; on the watch etc. (vigilant) 459; open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation; agape, gaping, all agog; on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation; aux aguets; ready; curious etc. 455; looking forward to. expected etc. v.; long expected, foreseen; in prospect etc. n.; prospective; in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner; impending etc. (destiny) 152.

Adverbs

on the watch etc. adj.; with breathless expectation etc. n.; with bated breath, with rapt anticipation; arrectis auribus [Lat.].

Phrases

we shall see; nous verrons [Fr.]; expectation whirls me round [Troilus and Cressida]; the light at the end of the tunnel.