anticipatory
Feeling forward-looking excitement
Anticipatory describes something that involves or expresses anticipation—the expectation or prediction of a future event.
An anticipatory smile appears before the happy event occurs.
In legal contexts, anticipatory breach refers to one party signaling they won't fulfill a contract before performance is due.
The word captures that forward-looking quality of preparing for or expecting what's to come: There was an anticipatory hush in the crowd before the announcement.
Surge of intense excitement
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- buzzContinuous low drone
- giddinessLightheaded, excitable state
exhilaration · electricity · tingle · flutter · keenness · zest · exuberance · animation
Planning before acting
- preparationArranging things in advance
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- readinessState of being prepared
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
strategy · contingency · precaution · groundwork · arrangements · preemptive · preventive · proactive
Fearful uncertainty
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- uneaseMild persistent worry
worry · jitters · foreboding · tension · edginess · butterflies · restlessness · agitation
Feeling positive expectation
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- eagerIntensely wanting something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
longing · wishful · ready · poised · braced · alert · attentive · suspended
Estimating future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
thrill
Surge of intense excitement
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- buzzContinuous low drone
giddiness · exhilaration · electricity · tingle · flutter · keenness · zest · exuberance · animation · fervor
forethought
Planning before acting
- preparationArranging things in advance
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- readinessState of being prepared
provision · strategy · contingency · precaution · groundwork · arrangements · preemptive · preventive · proactive · forward-thinking
trepidation
Fearful uncertainty
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
unease · worry · jitters · foreboding · tension · edginess · butterflies · restlessness · agitation · hypervigilance
hopeful
Feeling positive expectation
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- eagerIntensely wanting something
yearning · longing · wishful · ready · poised · braced · alert · attentive · suspended · hanging
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- expectationsexpect, expectation, expectancy, await, outlook
- beforehandbeforehand, before, ahead, early, in advance
- Forward-thinkingvisionary, innovative, progressive, pioneering, futuristic
- temporarytemporary, temp job, interim, temp worker, provisional
- preparedness levelsready, unready, prepared, unprepared, alert
anticipatoryretrospective
Reviewing what came before
subsequent · backward-looking · reactive · after-the-fact · belated
anticipatorysurprised
Caught unawares
unprepared · blindsided · unsuspecting · taken aback · reactive
anticipatoryindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
apathetic · unconcerned · uninterested · disengaged · unmoved
- anticipatory griefMourning before actual loss
- anticipatory anxietyDread preceding expected events
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