Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Forthcoming is a synonym for expected in near topic. In some cases you can use "Forthcoming" instead an adjective "Expected", when it comes to topics like arrival.
Forthcoming
Forthcoming adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Usage example: everyone's excited about the forthcoming company gala
Expected is a synonym for forthcoming in approaching topic. You can use "Expected" instead an adjective "Forthcoming", if it concerns topics such as future, near, arrival.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and expected
- close and forthcoming
- future and expected
- future and forthcoming
- due and expected
- due and forthcoming
- likely and expected
- likely and forthcoming
- near and expected
- near and forthcoming
- approaching and expected
- approaching and forthcoming
- probable and expected
- probable and forthcoming
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Forthcoming and Expected. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/forthcoming
Expected & Forthcoming. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/forthcoming>.
Forthcoming or Expected. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/forthcoming.
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