anticipative
Awaiting what comes
Anticipative means showing or characterized by anticipation—expecting or looking forward to something before it happens.
The word functions like anticipatory but appears less frequently: an anticipative glance toward the door, anticipative excitement before the announcement.
Someone anticipative is mentally preparing for what's coming.
Estimating future conditions
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
insight · visionary · prophetic · prescient · clairvoyant · intuitive · forward-looking · modeling
Arranging for future events
- readinessState of being prepared
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- equippedSupplied with necessary items
- organizedSystematically arranged
proactive · arranged · contingency · prudent · forethought · precautionary · preventive · strategic
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
calculation · insight · visionary · prophetic · prescient · clairvoyant · intuitive · forward-looking · modeling · estimation
planning
Arranging for future events
- readinessState of being prepared
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- equippedSupplied with necessary items
organized · proactive · arranged · contingency · prudent · forethought · precautionary · preventive · strategic · safeguard
enthusiastic
Showing intense eager enjoyment
impatient · fervent · yearning · hopeful · optimistic · expectant · longing · waiting · breathless · on-edge
worried
Troubled by uncertainty
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- tenseStrained or nervous
uneasy · fearful · dread · anxiety · jittery · edgy · restless · concerned · fretful · distressed
anticipativeretrospective
Reviewing what came before
reactive · backward-looking · unaware · oblivious · reflective
anticipativeunprepared
Lacking readiness beforehand
caught off guard · blindsided · unsuspecting · off-guard · surprised
anticipativehopeless
Beyond possibility of success
unexpectant · despairing · dreading · resigned · pessimistic
- breathless anticipationIntense expectant excitement
- anticipating needsPredicting what's required beforehand