1.  expectant(s = adj.all) anticipant, anticipative - marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush"
Derived forms verb expect₁, verb expect₃, noun expectancy₁

2.  expectant(s = adj.all) big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
Derived forms verb expect₆, verb expect₅

   Waiting in expectation; looking for [1913 Webster]

   One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. [1913 Webster]
"An expectant of future glory." [1913 Webster]
"Those who had employments, or were expectants." [1913 Webster]

expectant, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (often foll. by of) expecting.
2 having the expectation of possession, status, etc.
3 expecting a baby (said of the mother or father).
--n.
1 one who expects.
2 a candidate for office etc.

Derivative:
expectantly adv.

N  expectation, expectance, expectancy, anticipation, reckoning, calculation, foresight, contemplation, prospection, lookout, prospect, perspective, horizon, vista, destiny, suspense, waiting, abeyance, curiosity, anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation, torment of Tantalus, hope, trust, auspices, assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance, expectant, expecting, in expectation, on the watch, 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, looking forward to, expected, long expected, foreseen, in prospect, 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, on the watch, with breathless expectation, with bated breath, with rapt anticipation, arrectis auribus, we shall see, nous verrons, expectation whirls me round, the light at the end of the tunnel.