expectantly, eagerly, in expectation, with anticipation, in readiness, in preparation, awaiting, looking forward, in suspense, on the lookout, in wait, in hope, in eagerness
expecting - awaiting - predicting - foreseeing - forecasting - envisioning - looking forward to - preparing for - counting on - hoping for - anticipating - projecting - prophesying - presaging - prefiguring - apprehending - suspecting - divining - auguring - presuming - assuming - conjecturing - surmising - inferring - deducing - speculating - hypothesizing - imagining - picturing - visualizing - foretelling - prognosticating - foreboding - hunching - second-guessing - preempting - premeditating - preconsidering - precontemplating - preplanning - prearranging - predesigning - precharting - preordaining - predisposing - prediscerning - preconjecturing - preenvisioning
To anticipate means to look forward to or prepare for something that is expected to happen in the future. It often involves making predictions or plans based on what is expected. Anticipating can include emotions such as excitement or anxiety, depending on what is anticipated. It is a proactive approach to dealing with upcoming events or outcomes.