Synonyms for waitings
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : wey-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for waitings
- abeyancy
- ambushment
- discontinuation
- dormancy
- expectation
- hiding
- hiding place
- hope
- inactivity
- intermission
- latency
- likelihood
- looking forward
- lurking
- outlook
- pitfall
- postponement
- prediction
- presentation
- presentiment
- presumption
- probability
- prospect
- quiescence
- recess
- reliance
- remission
- shelter
- supposition
- surmise
- suspense
- suspension
- temporarily deferred
- trap
- trick
- trust
- view
- waiting
- waylaying
Définition of waitings
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).
- As in abeyance : noun being inactive or suspended
- As in latency : noun abeyance
- As in expectancy : noun anticipation
- As in ambush : noun lying in wait; concealed position
- It spoke in waitings and longings, and in tender glances and considerateness.
- Extract from : « Tales of the Chesapeake » by George Alfred Townsend
- Well, during all these shiftings and waitings the wounded get nothing to eat.
- Extract from : « My War Experiences in Two Continents » by Sarah Macnaughtan
- Of all waitings, the waiting upon patronage is the most tedious and the most enervating to the waiter.
- Extract from : « Turns of Fortune » by Mrs. S. C. Hall
- The danger would be in the waitings and disappointments that will often occur, even in the height of enjoyable schemes.
- Extract from : « The Stokesley Secret » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Her waitings are on the threshold of the infinite, where, beckoning man to listen, she interprets the leaves of immortality.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
- Women who had waited, and got patient at last after years of waitings could not endure these additional few hours.
- Extract from : « More Cargoes » by W. W. Jacobs
- He told about his wanderings and waitings with Raymond, which explained why he had not come back before.
- Extract from : « Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal » by Oliver Optic
- They need not have feared that their work of defence would be impeded by her waitings and tears.
- Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
- Then they came across each other in their waitings at the Public Library, and so found out their near neighborhood.
- Extract from : « The Other Girls » by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
- During this most tedious of all their waitings, only one thing of real interest happened.
- Extract from : « "Forward, March" » by Kirk Munroe
Antonyms for waitings
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