Expecting

Verb
expecting



Adjective
expecting


 * 1) Of a woman or female animal, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.
 * The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning child care.
 * When is the new couple expecting?

Synonyms
See pregnant

Thesaurus
agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, atiptoe, awaiting, aweless, big, big with child, big-laden, breeding, calm, carrying, carrying a fetus, certain, composed, confident, cool, eager, expectant, expected, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gaping, gestating, gone, gravid, great, heavy, heavy with child, hopeful, in anticipation, in expectation, inexcitable, knocked up, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised, optimistic, parturient, preggers, pregnant, prepared, ready, sanguine, superfetate, superimpregnated, sure, teeming, unamazed, unastonished, unastounded, unawed, unbewildered, undazed, undazzled, undumbfounded, unimpressed, unmarveling, unmoved, unsurprised, unwondering, waiting, waiting for, watching for, with child, wonderless

Translations

 * Finnish: odottava, raskaana oleva

Anagrams

 * excepting