expectant

expectant
    adj 1: marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush" [syn:
           {anticipant}, {anticipative}, {expectant}]
    2: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was
       great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant},
       {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with
       child(p)}]
    

Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, n.
   One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope
   of receiving some good.
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         An expectant of future glory.            --South.
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         Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift.
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Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of
   expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
   Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the
   efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
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   {Expectant estate} (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under
      {Expectancy}.
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EXPECTANT. Having relation to, or depending upon something; this word is 
frequently used in connexion with fee, as fee expectant.  
    

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "expectant":
      agape, agog, alert, all agog, anticipant, anticipating,
      anticipative, anticipatory, anxious, apprehensive, aspiring,
      assured, atiptoe, awaiting, big, certain, confident, eager,
      expecting, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, full of hope,
      gaping, gone, gravid, heavy, hopeful, hoping, in anticipation,
      in expectation, in good heart, in hopes, looking, looking for,
      looking forward to, not surprised, of good cheer, of good hope,
      open-eyed, openmouthed, optimistic, parturient, prepared, ready,
      sanguine, sure, undespairing, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for,
      watchful, watching for, with bated breath