Home › Words › A › anticipantanticipantanticipant means expectant.EtymologyFrom Latin anticipans, present participle of anticipo (“anticipate”).adjExpectant.nounOne who anticipates.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anticipator 97% match — One who anticipates. vs anticipant →anticipationist 84% match — One who follows a policy of anticipationism. vs anticipant →anticipative 82% match — Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant. vs anticipant →anticipatory 76% match — Characterized by anticipation. vs anticipant →anticipatorily 74% match — In an anticipatory manner. vs anticipant →anticipatively 73% match — In an anticipative manner; expectantly. vs anticipant →anticipately 72% match — In anticipation, in advance; anticipatedly. vs anticipant →anticipatable 71% match — Capable of being anticipated. vs anticipant →