expectant
Waiting with hope
Expectant describes someone waiting for something to happen, especially with hope or anticipation: an expectant hush fell over the crowd, expectant faces turned toward the stage.
Most specifically, expectant describes a woman who is pregnant: an expectant mother.
The word carries a sense of readiness—something is about to arrive or occur.
Gestating offspring internally
- maternityState of being pregnant
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- mother-to-bePregnant woman
- prenatalBefore birth
antenatal · gestation · trimester · ultrasound · bump · midwife · obstetrics · birth
State of awaiting something
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
alert · attentive · vigilant · poised · braced · prepared · ready · on-edge
pregnant
Gestating offspring internally
- maternityState of being pregnant
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- mother-to-bePregnant woman
prenatal · antenatal · gestation · trimester · ultrasound · bump · midwife · obstetrics · birth · delivery
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
watchful · alert · attentive · vigilant · poised · braced · prepared · ready · on-edge · tenterhooks
eager
Intensely wanting something
- enthusiasticShowing intense eager enjoyment
- excitedEagerly anticipating something
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
anxious · impatient · hopeful · optimistic · yearning · longing · desirous · hungry · agog · fervent
waiting
Remaining in expectation
- patienceCalm during delays
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
watch · standby · pause · holding · delay · interval · interlude · limbo · threshold · cusp
- crowd adjectivespacked, dense, massive, huge, enormous
- expectationsanticipate, await, anticipation, outlook, prospects
- positive outlookhopeful, positive, optimistic, upbeat, cheerful
- Triagetriage nurse, triage area, field triage, battlefield triage, telephone triage
- optimismoptimism, hope, positive thinking, positivity, hopeful
- temporarytemporary, temp job, interim, temp worker, provisional
expectantindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
apathetic · unconcerned · uninterested · nonchalant · unexpectant
expectantnonpregnant
Not with child
barren · infertile · childless · sterile · miscarrying
expectantincumbent
Current position holder
officeholder · honoree · awardee · inductee · titleholder
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- low expectationsAnticipating poor outcomes
- expectant parents
- clear expectations
- exceed expectations
- social expectationsUnspoken behavioral standards
expectation, expectations, expectancy, expectantly, expectancies, overexpectation