expectant

expectant is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Waiting in expectation; looking for. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 23 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Waiting in expectation; looking for
2. adjective. waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
3. noun. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
4. adjective. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

   "was big with child"

   "was great with child"

   Synonyms: big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large

5. adjective. marked by eager anticipation

   "an expectant hush"

   Synonyms: anticipant, anticipative

Synonyms

big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, anticipant, anticipative

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in expectant:

exceptant

Common word forms

expectants, expectantly

Words from these letters

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