Antonyms for waiting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wey-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ tɪŋ

Definition of waiting

Origin : early 13c., "a watcher, onlooker," from Old North French wait, Old French gaite, from gaitier (see wait (v.)). From late 14c. as "an ambush, a trap" (as in lie in wait).

verb pause, rest

Example sentences :

Mrs. Drelmer glanced above to where some one seemed to be waiting for him.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

When he came out ten minutes later Uncle Peter was waiting for him alone.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

He looked over her shoulder again, and saw that Shepler was waiting for her.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

He was waiting to obtain the papacy, when he would deal better with the abuses.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

He is to sup at the Deanery to-morrow, and I am to be in waiting to see him.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

But every eye was upon me, and the Church was silent as death, waiting for my rising.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

They might be waiting now at the mouth of any of these gullies.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

When Nurse had gone she would lie still in her cot, waiting.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

But light and motion and a grand future are waiting for such as he.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

"I have been waiting this time back," said Hordle John gruffly.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for waiting

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