'Expectant' definitions:
Definition of 'expectant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush" [syn: anticipant, anticipative, expectant]
adjective
Definition of 'Expectant'
From: GCIDE
- Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. [1913 Webster]
- Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Expectant'
From: GCIDE
- Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, n. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. [1913 Webster]
- An expectant of future glory. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expectant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agape,
- agog,
- alert,
- all agog,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- anxious,
- apprehensive,
- aspiring,
- assured,
- atiptoe,
- awaiting,
- big,
- certain,
- confident,
- eager,
- expecting,
- fond,
- forearmed,
- forestalling,
- forewarned,
- full of hope,
- gaping,
- gone,
- gravid,
- heavy,
- hopeful,
- hoping,
- in anticipation,
- in expectation,
- in good heart,
- in hopes,
- looking,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- not surprised,
- of good cheer,
- of good hope,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- optimistic,
- parturient,
- prepared,
- ready,
- sanguine,
- sure,
- undespairing,
- unsurprised,
- waiting,
- waiting for,
- watchful,
- watching for,
- with bated breath