as in eager
having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something
anticipant of receiving a holiday bonus, she had mentally spent the money by Thanksgiving
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticipant
Adjective
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Sometimes there’s an English language barrier, but everyone is patient and eager to make your stay memorable.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026 -
Joelle D'Alencar, the owner of the business, is eager to help new customers feel comfortable.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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The audience broke into cheers twice during the screening of the home-invasion thriller before giving the French pic wildly enthusiastic applause as the lights went up.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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Ordinarily, the Texan midfielder is a relentlessly enthusiastic presence in the American locker room.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Most of the 50 athletes competing in track, swimming and weightlifting are taking performance enhancers under the watchful eye of doctors and trainers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 May 2026
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Being aware of them and keeping a watchful eye on your power strip and its current condition could protect you and your home in the long run.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Being middle class comes with a fear of losing a specific sense of safety; the existential quest is finding out if there’s more to life than clutching onto your stuff in anticipatory panic.—
Francesco Pacifico,
The Dial,
12 May 2026
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Happiness mingled with a kind of anticipatory grief.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Kris Jenner is a grandmother of 13, and over the years, her children have thrown fun, elaborate baby showers for their expectant bundles of joy.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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The last snap in the carousel was the expectant parents making the same hand motion, which Palvin echoed in the comments.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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That’s a lot of anxious energy surrounding a screening of a 55-year-old film that hasn’t been hard to see — in one form or another — in recent times.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Now, the Tiki Social at the Omni may be driving another escape, from our anxious times to the fantasy island life.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Anticipant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticipant. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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