The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

expect v. 1 anticipate, look forward or ahead to, have or keep in
view, await, envisage, watch or look for, wait for, contemplate,
foresee, US envision: She expects to leave. He was expecting
her at noon. 2 assume, presume, suppose, imagine, believe,
think,trust, surmise, conjecture; foresee, US and Canadian
guess: I expect you will be hungry when you return. 3 look
for, want, require, wish, need, demand, reckon on or upon, hope
for, calculate or count on or upon: What did you expect me to
do?
expectant adj. expecting, (a)waiting, ready, eager, apprehensive,
anxious, with bated breath, hopeful, looking, watchful,
anticipating: The understudy waited, expectant, in the wings.
expectation
n. 1 anticipation, confidence, hopefulness, watchfulness,
apprehension, apprehensiveness, expectancy, suspense: There was
an air of expectation in the room. 2 hope, assumption,
presumption, surmise, supposition, belief, conjecture, US and
Canadian guess: Our expectation is that he will come on the
next train. 3 demand, requirement, wish, desire, want,
insistence, reliance: I think your expectations might be too
optimistic. 4 prospects, outlook: He had great expectations
from his rich uncle.
expecting adj. pregnant, gravid, with child, in a family way, enceinte,
Brit in the family way, US in a family way, Colloq in the club,
Brit preggers, Slang US with a bun in the oven: Monica is
expecting and will give birth any day.
expedient adj. 1 suitable, appropriate, fitting, fit, befitting, proper,
apropos, right, correct, meet, pertinent, applicable, practical,
pragmatic, worthwhile, politic: To cross the river, a bridge
would prove expedient. 2 advantageous, beneficial, advisable,
desirable, recommended, useful, practical, utilitarian, prudent,
wise, propitious, opportune, helpful, effective: Count on him
to do what is expedient and ignore what is honest.
--n. 3 device, resource, means, measure, contrivance, resort,
recourse: Life jackets are a useful expedient if the boat
sinks.