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  • 101not surprised — Synonyms and related words: agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, awaiting, certain, confident, eager, expectant, expecting, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gaping, hopeful, in anticipation, in… …

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  • 102on the lookout for — Synonyms and related words: after, agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, awaiting, certain, confident, delving, digging, eager, expectant, expecting, fishing, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gaping,… …

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  • 103optimistic — Synonyms and related words: Leibnizian, agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, awaiting, beaming, blithe, blithesome, bright, bright and sunny, buoyant, certain, cheerful, cheery, chiliastic, confident,… …

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  • 104prepared — Synonyms and related words: able, accomplished, accoutered, advance, agape, agog, all agog, all ready, all set, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, armed, armed and ready, at concert pitch, awaiting, booted and spurred, briefed …

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  • 105ready — Synonyms and related words: Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, about, accessible, accordant, acquiescent, active, acute, adaptable, adept, adjusted, adroit, affirmative, agape, agile, agog, agreeable, agreeing, alacritous, alert, alive, all… …

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  • 106sanguine — Synonyms and related words: agape, agog, all agog, ambivert, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, aspiring, assured, awaiting, beaming, blithe, blithesome, blood colored, bloodstained, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody red, blooming,… …

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  • 107sure — Synonyms and related words: OK, Roger, abiding, absolute, absolutely, accurate, adducible, admissible, agape, agog, all agog, all right, alright, alrighty, amen, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, apodictic, arrogant, as you… …

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  • 108unsurprised — Synonyms and related words: agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, awaiting, aweless, calm, certain, composed, confident, cool, eager, expectant, expected, expecting, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned,… …

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  • 109waiting — Synonyms and related words: about to be, agape, agog, all agog, already in sight, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxiety, apprehension, approaching, at hand, attendant, attending, awaiting, brewing, certain, cliff hanging,… …

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  • 110eager — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. desirous, keen, fervent, fervid, hotheaded, earnest, intent; zealous, ardent, agog; avid, anxious, athirst. See activity, desire, expectation, feeling, haste. Ant., indifferent, phlegmatic. II… …

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