The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - expectationn.

1) anticipation, confidence, hopefulness, watchfulness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, expectancy, suspense: There was an air of expectation in the room. 2) hope, assumption, presumption, surmise, supposition, belief, conjecture, US and Canadian guess: Our expectation is that he will come on the next train. 3) demand, requirement, wish, desire, want, insistence, reliance: I think your expectations might be too optimistic. 4) prospects, outlook: He had great expectations from his rich uncle.