expectant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=pect=ant

CIDE DICTIONARY

expectant, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.].

 Waiting in expectation; looking for  [1913 Webster]

Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.

expectant, n. 

 One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.  [1913 Webster]
"An expectant of future glory."  [1913 Webster]
"Those who had employments, or were expectants."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

expectant, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (often foll. by of) expecting.
2 having the expectation of possession, status, etc.
3 expecting a baby (said of the mother or father).
--n.
1 one who expects.
2 a candidate for office etc.

Derivative

expectantly adv.

THESAURUS

expectant

agape, agog, alert, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxious, apprehensive, aspiring, assured, atiptoe, awaiting, big, certain, confident, eager, expecting, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, full of hope, gaping, gone, gravid, heavy, hopeful, hoping, in anticipation, in expectation, in good heart, in hopes, looking, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised, of good cheer, of good hope, open-eyed, openmouthed, optimistic, parturient, prepared, ready, sanguine, sure, undespairing, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for, watchful, watching for, with bated breath

ROGET THESAURUS

expectant

Expectation

N expectation, expectance, expectancy, anticipation, reckoning, calculation, foresight, contemplation, prospection, lookout, prospect, perspective, horizon, vista, destiny, suspense, waiting, abeyance, curiosity, anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation, torment of Tantalus, hope, trust, auspices, assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance, expectant, expecting, in expectation, on the watch, 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, looking forward to, expected, long expected, foreseen, in prospect, 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, on the watch, with breathless expectation, with bated breath, with rapt anticipation, arrectis auribus, we shall see, nous verrons, expectation whirls me round, the light at the end of the tunnel.