Synonyms for wait
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Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait(noun)

   time during which some action is awaited

   "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, holdup, detainment, deferral, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, cargo area, detention, postponement, waiting, custody, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, deferment, cargo hold

2. wait, waiting(verb)

   the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

   "the wait was an ordeal for him"

   Synonyms:
   waiting, postponement, time lag, hold, delay

3. wait(verb)

   stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"

   Synonyms:
   expect, await, waitress, look, hold off, hold back

4. wait, hold off, hold back(verb)

   wait before acting

   "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

   Synonyms:
   await, waitress, hold in, keep, restrain, hold back, hold off, hold, look, check, conceal, retain, contain, keep back, forbear, stop, expect, arrest, turn back

5. expect, look, await, wait(verb)

   look forward to the probable occurrence of

   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

   Synonyms:
   count, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, expect, bear, see

6. wait, waitress(verb)

   serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"

   Synonyms:
   expect, await, waitress, look, hold off, hold back

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. wait(noun)

   Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

   Synonyms:
   hold ones breath

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. wait

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. wait

   Synonyms:
   stay, tarry, rest, stop, bide, expect

   Antonyms:
   speed, hasten, press

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. wait(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   stay, tarry, delay, remain, linger, bide one's time

2. wait(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   watch, look, be expectant

3. wait(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   await, abide, stay for, wait for, look for

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. wait(n)

   Synonyms:
   waiting, delay, halt, stop, ambush, ambuscade

2. wait(v)

   Synonyms:
   tarry, stay, linger, await, abide, delay, postpone, defer, procrastinate

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   waiting, expect, await, expected, sufferance, -wait, w-wait, suspense, awaits, w-w-wait, espere, wait-wait-wait, expectation, standby, expects, expecting, delay, hold

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How to use wait in a sentence?

1. Ricardo Monreal:

   We will know in the next few days if we're able to build a (legislative) consensus or if we wait for the referendum.

2. Narongsak Osottanakorn:

   If we wait and the rain comes in the next few days we will be tired again from pumping and our readiness would drop. If that's the case, then we have to reassess the situation.

3. Nat Burton:

   There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see.

4. Orrin Hatch:

   These are restrictions that the Islamic State could use to its advantage, if we are telling the Islamic State upfront that we will not use ground forces, will they not tailor their strategy around that fact? If we advertise when the authorization expires at an arbitrary date ... will they not hunker down and wait for that date?

5. Mark Carney:

   You will have to wait until 2026 to find out which MPC member's knowledge of football matches their understanding of the UK economy.

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