Synonyms for waiting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wey-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ tɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for waiting Other synonyms for the word waiting

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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