anticipating
Seeing it coming
Anticipating is the present participle of anticipate, carrying the sense of expecting or looking forward to something before it happens.
When you're anticipating a guest's arrival, you're mentally preparing for it; when a chess player anticipates an opponent's move, they're thinking ahead strategically.
The word often implies eagerness I've been anticipating this vacation for months but can also suggest anxiety about what's coming.
Anticipating someone's needs means recognizing and addressing them before they're expressed.
Arranging for future events
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- predictingStating future outcomes
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
- foreseeingPerceiving future events
preparing · strategizing · proactive · forward-thinking · envisioning · calculating · estimating · extrapolating
Awaiting a predicted outcome
- dueOwed or expected
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
- maternityState of being pregnant
- babyVery young child
motherhood · parenthood · gestation · trimester · ultrasound · nursery · baby shower · nesting
Intense willingness to act
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- buzzContinuous low drone
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
giddiness · elation · exhilaration · keenness · impatience · zeal · fervor · animation
Uneasy and apprehensive
- worryTroubled mental state
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- uneaseMild persistent worry
trepidation · fear · stress · tension · jitters · restlessness · edginess · disquiet
Detecting through perception
- feelingSensed inner state
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
- knowingPossessing awareness or insight
- presagingIndicating something to come
foreboding · premonition · hunch · inkling · presentiment · auguring · divining · reading
planning
Arranging for future events
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- predictingStating future outcomes
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
foreseeing · preparing · strategizing · proactive · forward-thinking · envisioning · calculating · estimating · extrapolating · modeling
expecting
Awaiting a predicted outcome
baby · motherhood · parenthood · gestation · trimester · ultrasound · nursery · baby shower · nesting · prenatal
eagerness
Intense willingness to act
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- buzzContinuous low drone
suspense · giddiness · elation · exhilaration · keenness · impatience · zeal · fervor · animation · ardor
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
- worryTroubled mental state
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
unease · trepidation · fear · stress · tension · jitters · restlessness · edginess · disquiet · misgiving
sensing
Detecting through perception
- feelingSensed inner state
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
- knowingPossessing awareness or insight
presaging · foreboding · premonition · hunch · inkling · presentiment · auguring · divining · reading · perceiving
- Predictionprediction, forecasting, forecast model, estimation, extrapolation
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- anticipationexpectation, expectancy, expecting, awaiting, waiting
- vigilancewatchfulness, vigilant, alertness, watchful, attentiveness
- acting too soonjumping the gun, rushing, hasty decision, false start, impatience
- forecasting methodspredicting, projecting, estimating, extrapolating, modeling
anticipatingremembering
Retaining past information
recollecting · reminiscing · retrospecting · recalling · reflecting
anticipatingdoubting
Questioning the truth
disbelieving · questioning · discounting · dismissing · ruling out
- breathless anticipationIntense expectant excitement
- anticipating needsPredicting what's required beforehand