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.

What rhymes with anticipatory?

59 words rhyme with anticipatory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.