Classes Intellectual Faculties Extension of Thought Future
to the Future
Nouns
expectation, expectance, expectancy
anticipation, reckoning, calculation
foresight etc. Foresight . contemplation, prospection, lookout
prospect, perspective, horizon, vista
destiny etc. Destiny . suspense, waiting, abeyance
curiosity etc. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity
anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation
torment of Tantalus. hope etc. Hope
trust etc. (belief) Belief
auspices etc. (prediction) Prediction
assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance.
Verbs
expect
look for, look out for, look forward to
hope for
anticipate
have in prospect, have in contemplation
keep in view
contemplate, promise oneself
not wonder at etc. Wonder , not wonder if. wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for
keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for
await
stand at 'attention'" abide, bide one's time, watch. foresee etc. Foresight
prepare for etc. Preparation
forestall etc. (be early) Earliness
count upon etc. (believe in) Belief
think likely etc. (probability) Probability . lead one to expect etc. (predict) Prediction
have in store for etc. (destiny) Destiny . prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.
Adjectives
expectant
expecting etc. v.
in expectation etc. n.
on the watch etc. (vigilant) Care [Vigilance.]
open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation
agape, gaping, all agog
on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation
aux aguets
ready
curious etc. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity
looking forward to. expected etc. v.
long expected, foreseen
in prospect etc. n.
prospective
in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner
impending etc. (destiny) Destiny .
Adverbs
on the watch etc. adj.
with breathless expectation etc. n.
with bated breath, with rapt anticipation
Phrases
we shall see
expectation whirls me round" [Troilus and Cressida]
the light at the end of the tunnel.
Nouns
inexpectation, non-expectation
false expectation etc. (disappointment) [Failure of expectation.] Disappointment
miscalculation etc. Misjudgment . surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start
bolt out of the blue
wonder etc. Wonder
eye opener. unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise.
Verbs
not expect etc. Expectation
be taken by surprise
start
miscalculate etc. Misjudgment
not bargain for
come upon, fall upon. be unexpected etc. adj.
come unawares etc. adv.
turn up, pop, drop from the clouds
come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep upon one
come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt
take by surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping
yach [S. Afr.] . pounce upon, spring a mine upon. surprise, startle, take aback, electrify, stun, stagger, take away one's breath, throw off one's guard
astonish, dumbfound etc. (strike with wonder) Wonder .
Adjectives
nonexpectant
surprised etc. v.
unwarned, unaware
off one's guard
inattentive Inattention . unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for
dropped from the clouds
beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation
out of one's reckoning
unheard of etc. (exceptional) Unconformity
startling, surprising
sudden etc. (instantaneous) [Point of time] Instantaneity(unknowable) Unintelligibility .
Adverbs
abruptly, unexpectedly, surprisingly
plump, pop, unawares
without notice, without warning, without a 'by your leave'
" like a thief in the night, like a thunderbolt
in an unguarded moment
suddenly etc. (instantaneously) [Point of time] Instantaneity
Phrases
little did one think, little did one expect
nobody would ever suppose, nobody would ever think, nobody would ever expect
who would have thought
? it beats the Dutch.
Nouns
disappointment
blighted hope, balk
blow
anticlimax
slip 'twixt cup and lip
nonfulfillment of one's hopes
sad disappointment, bitter disappointment
trick of fortune
afterclap
false expectation, vain expectation
miscalculation etc. Misjudgment
fool's paradise
much cry and little wool.
Verbs
be disappointed
look blank, look blue
look aghast, stand aghast etc. (wonder) Wonder
find to one's cost
laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth
find one a false prophet. not realize one's hope, not realize one's expectation. [cause to be disappointed] disappoint
frustrate, discomfit, crush, defeat (failure) Failure
crush one's hope, dash one's hope, balk one's hope, disappoint one's hope, blight one's hope, falsify one's hope, defeat one's hope, discourage
balk, jilt, bilk
play one false, play a trick
dash the cup from the lips, tantalize
dumfound, dumbfound, dumbfounder, dumfounder (astonish) Wonder .
Adjectives
disappointed etc. v.
disconcerted, aghast
disgruntled
out of one's reckoning.
Phrases
the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse
the bubble burst
one's countenance falling.
Nouns
foresight, prospicience, prevision, long-sightedness
anticipation
providence etc. (preparation) Preparation . forethought, forecast
predeliberation, presurmise
foregone conclusion etc. (prejudgment) Misjudgment
prudence etc. (caution) Caution . foreknowledge
prognosis
precognition, prescience, prenotion, presentiment
second sight
sagacity etc. (intelligence) Intelligence, Wisdom
antepast, prelibation, prophasis. prospect etc. (expectation) Expectation
foretaste
prospectus etc. (plan) Plan .
Verbs
foresee
look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond
scent from afar
look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future. see one's way
see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps. anticipate
expect etc. Expectation
be beforehand etc. (early) Earliness
predict etc. Prediction
foreknow, forejudge, forecast
presurmise
have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance
keep a sharp lookout etc. (vigilance) Care [Vigilance.]
forewarn etc. Warning .
Phrases
run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.
Nouns
prediction, announcement
program, programme [Brit.] etc. (plan) Plan
premonition etc. (warning) Warning
prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology, prognostication, premonstration
augury, auguration
ariolation, hariolation
foreboding, aboding
bodement, abodement
omniation, omniousness
auspices, forecast
omen etc. Omen
horoscope, nativity
sooth, soothsaying
fortune telling, crystal gazing
divination
necromancy etc. Sorcery . [Divination by the stars] astrology, horoscopy, judicial astrology. [Place of Prediction] . adytum prefiguration, prefigurement
prototype, type. [person who predicts] oracle etc. Oracle .
Verbs
predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes
cast a horoscope, cast a nativity
advise
forewarn etc. Warning . presage, augur, bode
abode, forebode
foretoken, betoken
prefigure, preshow
portend
foreshow, foreshadow
shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to. usher in, herald, premise, announce
lower. hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope
bid fair, promise, lead one to expect
be the precursor etc. Precursor . [predict by mathematical or statistical means from past experience] extrapolate, project.
Adjectives
predicting etc. v.
predictive, prophetic
fatidic, fatidical
vaticinal, oracular, fatiloquent, haruspical, Sibylline
weatherwise. ominous, portentous, augurous, augurial, augural
auspicial, auspicious
prescious, monitory, extispicious, premonitory, significant of, pregnant with, bit with the fate of.
Phrases
coming events cast their shadows before" [Campbell]
there buds the promise of celestial worth" [Young] . [Divination: list] by oracles, Theomancy
by the Bible, Bibliomancy
by ghosts, Psychomancy
by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy
by shadows or manes, Sciomancy
by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy
by the stars at birth, Genethliacs
by meteors, Meteoromancy
by winds, Austromancy
by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy, Haruspicy, Hieromancy, Hieroscopy
by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy
by the entrails of a human sacrifice, Anthropomancy
by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy
by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy
by red-hot iron, Sideromancy
by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy
by mice, Myomancy
by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy
by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy, Alectromancy
by fishes, Ophiomancy
by herbs, Botanomancy
by water, Hydromancy
by fountains, Pegomancy
by a wand, Rhabdomancy
by dough of cakes, Crithomancy
by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy
by salt, Halomancy
by dice, Cleromancy
by arrows, Belomancy
by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy
by a balanced sieve, Coscinomancy
by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy
by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy
by precious stones, Lithomancy
by pebbles, Pessomancy
by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy
by mirrors, Catoptromancy
by writings in ashes, Tephramancy
by dreams, Oneiromancy
by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy
by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy
by finger rings, Dactylomancy
by numbers, Arithmancy
by drawing lots, Sortilege
by passages in books, Stichomancy
by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy
by the features, Anthroposcopy
by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy
by ventriloquism, Gastromancy
by walking in a circle, Gyromancy
by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy
by currents, Bletonism
by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy.
Nouns
omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice
sign etc. (indication) Indication
harbinger etc. (precursor) Precursor
yule candle. bird of ill omen
signs of the times
gathering clouds
warning etc. Warning . prefigurement etc. Prediction .
Nouns
oracle
prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex
aruspice, haruspice
haruspex
astrologer, star gazer
Sibyl
Python, Pythoness
Pythia
Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle
Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves
Zadkiel, Old Moore
sorcerer etc. Sorcerer
interpreter, c. Interpreter . [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, prognosticator, forecaster
weather forecaster, weatherman.
Phrases
a prophet is without honor in his own country
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" [Bob Dylan] .