expectant
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- expecting, anticipating, apprehensive, eager, hopeful, in suspense, ready, watchful
- pregnant, expecting (informal), gravid

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Contrasted words: apathetic, indifferent, uninterested, unconcerned, unimpressed, unmoved
Related Idioms: anticipating a blessed event, waiting for the stork
Related Words: open-eyed, openmouthed, hopeful, eager, alert, watchful

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ex‧pec‧tant /ɪkˈspektənt/ adjective [usually before noun]
[Word Family: noun: expectancy, expectation; adverb: expectantly, unexpectedly; adjective: expectant, expected ≠ unexpected; verb: expect]

1. hopeful that something good or exciting will happen, or showing this:
a row of expectant faces

2. expectant mother/father a mother or father whose baby will be born soon
—expectantly adverb:
He looked expectantly at Sarah, but she didn’t speak.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲