Synonyms for waiting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wey-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for waiting Other synonyms for the word waiting
- abide
- anticipate
- bide
- bide one's time
- cool it
- dally
- fill time
- foresee
- hang around
- hang onto your hat
- hang out
- hold back
- hold everything
- hold on
- hold the phone
- hole up
- keep shirt on
- lie in wait
- lie low
- look for
- look forward to
- mark time
- put on hold
- save it
- sit tight
- sit up for
- stall
- stay up for
- sweat it
- tarry
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for waiting
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