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Synonyms for waiting
ˈweɪ tɪŋwait·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
wait, waitingadjective
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
"the wait was an ordeal for him"
Synonyms:
postponement, wait, time lag, hold, delayAntonyms:
unreadywaiting, ready and waiting(p)adjective
being and remaining ready and available for use
"waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting"
Antonyms:
unready
Editors Contribution
smirking
Submitted by rinat on August 28, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
waitingnoun
waitingnoun
Synonyms:
expectation, abeyance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
waitingnoun
Synonyms:
tarrying, lingering, delay, abeyance, suspension, quiescence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "waiting":
sufferance, wait, awaiting, suspense, standby, pending, expecting, homeawaiting, expectation, queuing, hoped, expected, meantime, awaits, retest, hoping, anticipation, hold
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1275 | hold | |
#1516 | expected | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2633 | waiting | |
#3446 | delay | |
#5242 | pending | |
#6797 | hoping | |
#9960 | hoped | |
#10184 | expecting | |
#11287 | suspense | |
#11615 | expectation | |
#12417 | meantime | |
#12474 | awaiting | |
#13927 | standby | |
#16308 | anticipation | |
#21122 | awaits | |
#30837 | queuing | |
#42034 | postponement | |
#54597 | retest | |
#165779 | sufferance |
How to use waiting in a sentence?
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
While I'm glad the majority leader believes Leader McConnell would be Leader McConnell, it's a mistake not to pass legislation to protect the investigation, we ought to head off a constitutional crisis at the pass, rather than waiting until it's too late. ... I hope Senate Judiciary Committee moves forward with a bill, and that members of Senator McConnell's caucus push Senator McConnell to reconsider.
[Radislav Blagojevich] spent four years in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during the war for fighting on the side of the Allies, and then was in a refugee camp for three years, waiting for the chance to hopefully have the United States Congress-- that one day, his youngest son would become a member of-- pass a law called the Displaced Persons Act, that permitted my father and millions of others like him, with these long and hard-to-pronounce last names a chance to come to America, to pursue freedom and opportunity.
I think that assessment of being under higher risk now is what's driving some of those decisions, but I do know that all the states are waiting for further guidance from The FDA and the CDC based on any new evidence that's come in.
Black lives have always mattered, we have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded regardless. And now is the time. I ain't waiting. I ain't waiting.
Translations for waiting
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- انتظارArabic
- wartenGerman
- αναμονήGreek
- esperaSpanish
- odotus, odottaminenFinnish
- attenteFrench
- इंतज़ार मेंHindi
- menungguIndonesian
- attesaItalian
- הַמתָנָהHebrew
- 待つことJapanese
- ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿದೆKannada
- bedienen, afwachten, wachtenDutch
- venteNorwegian
- esperandoPortuguese
- aşteptareRomanian
- ожиданиеRussian
- காத்திருக்கிறதுTamil
- వేచిTelugu
- انتظارUrdu
- 等候Chinese
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