Synonyms and related words :
agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, arrogant, aspiring, assured, awaiting, aweless, balanced, believing, bold, brash, brave, certain, cocksure, cocky, collected, composed, convinced, cool, courageous, dauntless, decided, determined, devout, dogmatic, doubtless, dreadless, eager, equanimous, equilibrious, expectant, expecting, faithful, fearless, fideistic, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, full of hope, gaping, hopeful, hoping, hubristic, impressed with, in anticipation, in expectation, in good heart, in hopes, intrepid, levelheaded, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised, of good cheer, of good hope, optimistic, overconfident, oversure, overweening, perky, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, poised, pompous, positive, prepared, presuming, proud, pushful, pushy, ready, reassured, recollected, reliant, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assertive, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-restrained, sold on, sure, together, unafraid, unapprehensive, unbashful, undaunted, under the impression, undespairing, undiffident, undoubtful, undoubting, unfaltering, unfearful, unfearing, unfrightened, unhesitating, unscared, unshy, unsurprised, unterrified, untimid, untimorous, unwavering, uppity, valiant, waiting, waiting for, watching for, well-balanced