Synonyms for expectation
Most common
trust prospect outlook confidence expected value arithmetic mean
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Trust
trust, prospect, outlook, confidence, presumption, hope, assurance, reliance, expectancy
2. Expected value
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
- n. 2
That which is expected or looked for.
Forms
- Plural
- expectations → trusts, prospects, outlooks, confidences…
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Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- trust Trust people, but don't take candy from strangers.
- confidence Tom said he didn't have the confidence to do that.
- prospect Ukrainians face the prospect of a drawn-out war.
- outlook Experts have a dire outlook for Morocco's economy.
- notion He had a notion that she was very angry with him.
- anticipation The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| expectation | steady | |
| trust | rising | |
| confidence | steady | |
| prospect | steady | |
| outlook | falling | |
| notion | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hope1
- 5 letters
- trust1
- 6 letters
- notion2
- 7 letters
- outlook2
- 8 letters
- prospect2, reliance3, suspense2
- 9 letters
- assurance3
- 10 letters
- confidence3, expectancy4
- 11 letters
- calculation4, presumption3
- 12 letters
- anticipation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (notion2 = 2 syllables).