Synonyms for Expects:

v.
• desires
- Fancies
- Grasps
- Thirsts
- covets
- craves
- hankers
- hungers
- itches
- longs
- lusts
- needs
- pines
- welcomes
• expects
- apprehends
- assumes
- awaits
- contemplates
- deduces
- dreads
- envisages
- envisions
- forebodes
- foreknows
- foresees
- gathers
- imagines
- infers
- presumes
- presupposes
- surmises
- suspects
• foresees
- foretells
- prophesies
• hopes
- aspires
- believes
- desires
- dreams of
- hopes
- relies
- trusts
- wants
- yearns
• intends
- aims
- chooses
- considers
- endeavors
- intends
- means
- minds
- plans
- proposes
- resolves
- schemes
- wishes
• plans
- anticipates
- arranges
- blueprints
- charts
- conceives
- contrives
- coordinates
- designs
- invents
- plots
- premeditates
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Independent
- Proper noun, singular
  expected, urges, seeks.
- Noun, plural
  Aspirations, counts, promises, claims, trusts, invites, considerations, tasks, desires, wishes, outcomes, expectations, seeks, looks, exports.
- Verb, past tense
  anticipated, called, desired, preferred, saw, wanted, Hoped, Looked, Urged, Wished.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  calling, forecasting, seeking, wondering, Anticipating.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  associated, budget, fashion, hopefully, means, needs, notice, opinion, related, remains, stands, stipulate, table, waiting, yearn, Carries, Does, Focuses, Gives, Guarantees, Has, Leaves, Levies, Than, Towards, Watches, Comes, Comprised, Deems, Addresses, Faces, Grants, Institutes, Permits, SITS, excludes, dismisses, heads, reduces, secures, takes, encourages, facilitates, serves, tends, extends, maintains, counts, outlines, exempts, reads, understands, receives, commits, attaches, meets, experts, affirms, agrees, promises, stipulates, welcomes, promotes, urges, emphasizes, stresses, deals, asserts, claims, contends, declares, expresses, proclaims, states, submits, warrants, authorizes, assumes, believes, concludes, holds, presumes, supposes, trusts, allows, adds, commends, accommodates, comprises, contains, includes, necessitates, obliges, applies, invites, embraces, notices, totals, describes, assesses, calculates, computes, considers, determines, estimates, plans, ranks, schemes, thinks, weighs, thoughts, lists, tells, assigns, casts, places, sets, entrusts, kills, possesses, conducts, aims, moves, operates, enforces, makes, produces, presents, undertakes, brings, draws, establishes, indicates, retains, finds, resolves, fixes, organizes, regulates, directs, governs, likes, prefers, cares, desires, regards, advocates, confers, suggests, adopts, wishes, contributes, offers, announces, promulgates, covers, poses, enables, entitles, ensures, boasts, longs, intends, proposes, anticipates, aspires, seeks, strives, signs, likens, allocates, delivers, pays, provides, implies, mentions, represents, combines, incorporates, prohibits, contemplates, envisions, reflects, turns, argues, introduces, foresees, presupposes, suspects, relies, wants, yearns, features, employs, uses, matters, hears, hosts, says, opens, creates, looks, mandates, bodes, dictates, feels, puts, encompasses, identifies, delineates, inks, involves, knows, recognizes, defines, specifies, lays, lies, SUCKS, mulls, posits, depends, invests, entails, affords, consists, imposes, prescribes, projections, seems, is, authorises, purports, favours, harbours, 's, pre-empts.
Other Related
- Proper noun, singular
  expect, predicts.
- Verb, past tense
  predicted, Envisaged.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  Predicting.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  refers, projects, expectations, envisages, predicts.

What are the hypernyms for Expects?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
anticipate, count on, forecast, foretell, hope, predict, presume, prognosticate, reckon, suppose, trust, look forward to, anticipate with pleasure, anticipate with enthusiasm.

Usage examples for Expects

If a man expects to find in Him all that the human heart can contain of joy, and all that the human nature is susceptible of, he does not expect more than the explicit offers of Christ Himself warrant.

"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"

Marcus Dods

Christ expects acceptance on similar grounds.

"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"

Marcus Dods

She expects a man to be a saint.

"Lonesome Land"

B. M. Bower

Famous quotes with Expects

She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.

Michael Arlen
To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.

Mary Astell
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Henry Ward Beecher
That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.

Lisa Bonet
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."

Daniel J. Boorstin

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