Anticipatory and Defending

Anticipatory adjective - Having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something.

Defending and anticipatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defending" instead an adjective "Anticipatory".

Nearby Words: anticipate, anticipation, anticipated, anticipating, anticipant

Defending adjective - Attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.

Anticipatory and defending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anticipatory" instead an adjective "Defending".

Nearby Words: defend, defended, defender, defensive, defendant