<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.</li><li>Pregnant; expecting: an expectant mother.</li><li>Characterized by expectations: an expectant attitude.</li><li>In expectation; expected; prospective: an expectant fortune.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A person who expects or who waits in expectation.</li></ul>