EXPECTANT meaning: Anticipating, usually with optimism; pregnant

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Definitions from Wiktionary (expectant)

▸ adjective:  Marked by expectation.
▸ adjective:  Pregnant.
▸ adjective:  (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
▸ noun:  A person who expects or awaits something.

Similar:

anticipant, anticipative, hopeful, great, large, big, heavy, enceinte, pregnant, gravid, more...

Opposite:

unanticipated, unexpected, unplanned, unwanted

Types:

pregnant, awaiting, anticipating, hoping, more...

Phrases:

expectant mother, expectant management, expectant treatment, expectant estate, church expectant, more...

Adjectives:

long, uttermost, faint, poor, passionate

Colors:

pale yellow, soft pink, light blue, mint green, lavender, more...

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