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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. waitnoun

    Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

    Synonyms:
    hold ones breath

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.3 / 3 votes

  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 Antonyms2.5 / 2 votes

  1. wait

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

    Antonyms:
    speed, hasten, press

Princeton's WordNet3.5 / 4 votes

  1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun

    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, waitingverb

    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. waitverb

    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 backverb

    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, waitverb

    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, waitressverb

    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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. waitverb

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

  2. waitverb

    Synonyms:
    watch, look, be expectant

  3. waitverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. waitnoun

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

  2. waitverb

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

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How to use wait in a sentence?

  1. Porsche CEO Oliver Blume:

    The technical aspects have all been submitted, we will wait whether there will still be proposals for corrections by the Americans, everything we can do for this particular engine has been done for now and we are now awaiting feedback.

  2. Mitch McConnell:

    Well, I think the convention is a challenging situation and a number of my colleagues have announced that they are not going to attend, and we'll have to wait and see how things look in late August to determine whether or not you can safely convene that many people.

  3. unknown:

    Wait for the one with integrity, the one who loves your body, but is enamored with your soul.

  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. Suzanne Maloney:

    It's credible that the Iranians had something to do with this, we'll have to wait and see how they'll (the administration) marshal the evidence.


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