anticipatory

1. 1.

   in anticipation

   Synonymsprevenient

   Similarantecedent

Questions about anticipatory

What does anticipatory mean?

anticipatory means "in anticipation".

How many syllables are in anticipatory?

anticipatory has 6 syllables: an-tic-i-pa-to-ry. The stress falls on "tic". In IPA it is /ænˈtɪsəpəˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for anticipatory?

Close synonyms include prevenient. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anticipatory a common word?

anticipatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.