Synonyms for Wait:

• n.

  •
  • available,
  • usable,
  • going,
  • on offer,
  • seasonal,
  • public,
  • vacant,
  • open,
  • spare,
  • accessible.
  •
  • depend on,
  • count on,
  • play for time,
  • figure on,
  • bargain for,
  • surprise.
  •
  • break,
  • interruption,
  • recess.
  •delay (noun)
  • coolingoff period,
  • cooling off period,
  • demurrals,
  • dawdlings,
  • dis continuation,
  • lingerings,
  • pro rogation,
  • hold ups,
  • de-lays,
  • dis continuations,
  • re-missions,
  • dis-continuations,
  • dis-continuation,
  • de lays,
  • cooling off periods,
  • pro rogations,
  • sur-ceases,
  • de-lay,
  • prorogations,
  • loiterings,
  • retardments,
  • putting offs,
  • tarryings,
  • re missions,
  • re mission,
  • sur cease,
  • cunctations,
  • re-mission,
  • pro-rogation,
  • cooling-off periods,
  • tieup,
  • de lay,
  • showstoppers,
  • pro-rogations,
  • coolingoff periods,
  • sur ceases,
  • sur-cease.
  •halt (noun)
  • time wasted,
  • interim.
  •hold back (noun)
  • hold back.
  •hold off (noun)
  • hold off.
  •interlude (noun)
  • inter-ludes,
  • re spite,
  • interregna,
  • inter ludes,
  • meanwhiles,
  • re cesses,
  • inter lude,
  • re-spites,
  • re-cess,
  • re spites,
  • inter-lude,
  • re-spite.
  •intermission (noun)
  • breathing spell,
  • timeout,
  • time out,
  • quiescency,
  • break-off,
  • let-up,
  • breakoff.
  •interval (noun)
  • pausations.
  •look (noun)
  • look.
  •pause, delay (noun)
  • rest.
  •standstill (noun)
  • dead stops,
  • in-action,
  • in-actions.

• v.

  •abide (verb)
  • re-sting,
  • re sting,
  • stuck around,
  • sticks around,
  • sticking around,
  • sticked around.
  •ambush (verb)
  • de coying,
  • de-coy,
  • boxed in,
  • de-coyed,
  • sur-rounded,
  • de coys,
  • sur-prise,
  • sur-rounding,
  • sur prises,
  • sur-prised,
  • sets trap,
  • sur-prising,
  • sur rounded,
  • sur prising,
  • setting trap,
  • laid for,
  • sur-prises,
  • lays for,
  • de coy,
  • sur prise,
  • de-coying,
  • de-coys,
  • boxing in,
  • laying for,
  • sur rounding,
  • japped,
  • japping,
  • de coyed.
  •anticipate (verb)
  • fore casting,
  • fore tells,
  • fore-see,
  • see cards,
  • fore sees,
  • fore cast,
  • looked forward to,
  • crossed the bridge,
  • crosses bridge,
  • fore-tasting,
  • pre-visioning,
  • hast a hunch,
  • haddest hunch,
  • promises oneself,
  • fore seeing,
  • previsioning,
  • seeing coming,
  • sees the cards,
  • pre-vision,
  • fore see,
  • sees cards,
  • previsioned,
  • fore-casting,
  • fore-saw,
  • fore-casts,
  • crosses the bridge,
  • hath a hunch,
  • pre visioning,
  • fore-seen,
  • had a hunch,
  • promising oneself,
  • having hunch,
  • looks forward to,
  • fore-tasted,
  • saw cards,
  • fore tastes,
  • fore-tells,
  • counted chickens,
  • had hunch,
  • hath hunch,
  • fore telling,
  • fore-tastes,
  • counting chickens,
  • hast hunch,
  • wast afraid,
  • planning on,
  • crossing bridge,
  • pre visions,
  • seeing in cards,
  • see the cards,
  • fore-taste,
  • am afraid,
  • planned on,
  • counts chickens,
  • haddest a hunch,
  • having a hunch,
  • fore-seeing,
  • saw in the cards,
  • saw coming,
  • cross bridge,
  • jump gun,
  • fore seen,
  • sees coming,
  • crossed bridge,
  • fore-sees,
  • hadst a hunch,
  • pre visioned,
  • crossing the bridge,
  • saw the cards,
  • fore-cast,
  • seeing the cards,
  • fore saw,
  • was afraid,
  • being afraid,
  • promised oneself,
  • fore-tell,
  • hopes for,
  • wert afraid,
  • saw in cards,
  • art afraid,
  • fore-told,
  • seeing cards,
  • fore-telling,
  • prepares for,
  • were afraid,
  • sees in cards,
  • fore tasting,
  • hoping for,
  • pre vision,
  • see in cards,
  • hadst hunch,
  • waits for,
  • pre-visioned,
  • seeing in the cards,
  • sees in the cards,
  • pre-visions,
  • fore told,
  • fore tasted,
  • are afraid,
  • has hunch,
  • fore tell,
  • fore taste,
  • fore casts,
  • preparing for.
  •bear with (verb)
  • art patient,
  • wast patient,
  • made allowance,
  • making allowance,
  • wert patient,
  • was patient,
  • being patient,
  • were patient,
  • are patient,
  • am patient,
  • putting with,
  • makes allowance,
  • is patient,
  • puts with.
  •dawdle (verb)
  • diddledaddles,
  • sat one butt,
  • sate ones butt,
  • diddle daddles,
  • shleps along,
  • sit one's butt,
  • scrounging around,
  • sat on butt,
  • got no place fast,
  • diddle daddling,
  • diddledaddled,
  • sitting around,
  • sate one's butt,
  • bums around,
  • sat butt,
  • gat no place fast,
  • sitting one butt,
  • sits on ones butt,
  • diddle-daddling,
  • diddle daddle,
  • getting no place fast,
  • sit butt,
  • sat ones butt,
  • diddle-daddles,
  • lazied,
  • sate one butt,
  • sat on ones butt,
  • sat one's butt,
  • warming chair,
  • warms chair,
  • warms a chair,
  • sit ones butt,
  • sit on ones butt,
  • sits on butt,
  • sit on butt,
  • sits on one's butt,
  • lazying,
  • sitting on ones butt,
  • diddledaddling,
  • sits ones butt,
  • sits one's butt,
  • scrounges around,
  • sate around,
  • shlepping along,
  • sitting on butt,
  • shlepped along,
  • sits around,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • sate on one's butt,
  • diddle daddled,
  • bumming around,
  • warmed chair,
  • sit on one butt,
  • sat around,
  • sitting butt,
  • sits on one butt,
  • diddle-daddled,
  • sat on one butt,
  • diddledaddle,
  • gets no place fast,
  • warm chair,
  • sate on butt,
  • sitting ones butt,
  • warmed a chair,
  • sitting on one's butt,
  • sit one butt,
  • sitting one's butt,
  • sate on ones butt,
  • sitting on one butt,
  • dilly dally,
  • sits one butt,
  • sat on one's butt,
  • scrounged around,
  • warming a chair,
  • sits butt,
  • sate butt,
  • sate on one butt,
  • bummed around.
  •halt (verb)
  • called a day,
  • come an end,
  • bring standstill,
  • bringing end,
  • dropped anchor,
  • holding bay,
  • called it day,
  • brought an end,
  • comes to end,
  • held bay,
  • brought end,
  • intermits,
  • brings to end,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • coming an end,
  • putting cork in,
  • put cork in,
  • brings end,
  • called it a day,
  • came to an end,
  • blows the whistle on,
  • ceased fire,
  • putting a cork in,
  • held at bay,
  • blew the whistle on,
  • coming to an end,
  • brought to standstill,
  • brings to standstill,
  • ceases fire,
  • calling it a day,
  • bringing standstill,
  • calls it day,
  • calls it a day,
  • call day,
  • calls a day,
  • stood still,
  • calls day,
  • call it day,
  • dropt anchor,
  • brings to an end,
  • bring an end,
  • puts cork in,
  • brought standstill,
  • came to end,
  • came end,
  • blows whistle on,
  • bring end,
  • brings an end,
  • bringing an end,
  • calling a day,
  • holds bay,
  • drops anchor,
  • brings standstill,
  • stands still,
  • puts a cork in,
  • comes an end,
  • bringing to an end,
  • coming to end,
  • blowing the whistle on,
  • come end,
  • cooling it,
  • comes end,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • blew whistle on,
  • holding at bay,
  • ceasing fire,
  • coming end,
  • cooled it,
  • come to end,
  • brought to an end,
  • holds at bay,
  • calling it day,
  • called day,
  • comes to an end,
  • brought to end,
  • calling day,
  • hold bay,
  • came an end,
  • closes down,
  • bringing to end,
  • cools it.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • falter,
  • balk,
  • shrink,
  • recoil,
  • pause,
  • hesitate.
  •linger (verb)
  • taking ones time,
  • waited around,
  • are dilatory,
  • takes one time,
  • wert dilatory,
  • took one time,
  • take ones time,
  • am long,
  • is dilatory,
  • taking time,
  • wast tardy,
  • took time,
  • am dilatory,
  • takes one's time,
  • art dilatory,
  • are tardy,
  • being tardy,
  • takes ones time,
  • were dilatory,
  • art tardy,
  • waiting around,
  • taking one time,
  • was long,
  • being long,
  • being dilatory,
  • are long,
  • is long,
  • was tardy,
  • take one time,
  • wast long,
  • wert tardy,
  • is tardy,
  • art long,
  • waits around,
  • takes time,
  • were long,
  • wert long,
  • was dilatory,
  • took ones time,
  • wast dilatory,
  • took one's time,
  • am tardy,
  • were tardy.
  •loiter (verb)
  • de-laying,
  • de laying,
  • passed time,
  • passing time,
  • passes time.
  •lurk (verb)
  • lies wait,
  • lies in wait,
  • going furtively,
  • lied wait,
  • conceals oneself,
  • stayed hidden,
  • went furtively,
  • lying wait,
  • staying hidden,
  • staid hidden,
  • stays hidden,
  • goes furtively,
  • gumshoed,
  • lie wait,
  • concealing oneself,
  • lied in wait.
  •mark time (verb)
  • bided time,
  • bode one time,
  • biding one's time,
  • bided ones time,
  • cool ones heels,
  • cooled one's heels,
  • cooled one heels,
  • bides time,
  • biding time,
  • bide one time,
  • cooling heels,
  • bides ones time,
  • bided one's time,
  • bode one's time,
  • bided one time,
  • queued up,
  • bide ones time,
  • biding one time,
  • bides one time,
  • cooling one heels,
  • bides one's time,
  • bode ones time,
  • cools ones heels,
  • cools heels,
  • cooling ones heels,
  • queues up,
  • queuing up,
  • cooling one's heels,
  • bode time,
  • cooled heels,
  • cools one heels,
  • cool one heels,
  • cools one's heels,
  • biding ones time.
  •pause, rest (verb)
  • stand by.
  •poise (verb)
  • wert ready,
  • being ready,
  • are ready,
  • is ready,
  • wast ready,
  • was ready,
  • am ready,
  • were ready,
  • art ready.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • dragging one feet,
  • drags one's feet,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro-longs,
  • hanged fire,
  • playing a waiting game,
  • hung fire,
  • pro-longed,
  • drags ones feet,
  • gives run around,
  • gave run around,
  • dragged one feet,
  • play waiting game,
  • lets slide,
  • pro tract,
  • drag one feet,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • pro longs,
  • played a waiting game,
  • post-pones,
  • gave the run around,
  • giving the run around,
  • gives the run around,
  • dragging feet,
  • pro tracts,
  • plays a waiting game,
  • post pones,
  • plays waiting game,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • playing waiting game,
  • dragged feet,
  • pro-longing,
  • giving run around,
  • shilly shally,
  • drags feet,
  • drags one feet,
  • pro-tracts,
  • pro-long,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • letted slide,
  • pro longing,
  • post pone,
  • played waiting game,
  • played for time,
  • pro long,
  • drag ones feet,
  • letting slide.
  •remain (verb)
  • endure,
  • persist,
  • prevail,
  • last.
  •rest (verb)
  • fix,
  • subside,
  • settle down,
  • slumber,
  • vegetate,
  • still,
  • quiet,
  • tranquilize,
  • calm,
  • becalm,
  • stand,
  • sleep,
  • settle,
  • stagnate.
  •sing (verb)
  • bursting in to song,
  • re sound,
  • lifted voice,
  • lined out,
  • bursted in to song,
  • in-tones,
  • in-toned,
  • belts out,
  • de scant,
  • bursts in to song,
  • de scanting,
  • burst in to song,
  • canaried,
  • lifting up a voice,
  • belted out,
  • de-scant,
  • dueted,
  • bursts into song,
  • lift voice,
  • lifting a voice,
  • in toned,
  • de scanted,
  • de-scanting,
  • re-sounds,
  • re-sounding,
  • re sounds,
  • bursting into song,
  • belting out,
  • lifts up voice,
  • lifted a voice,
  • making melody,
  • in-tone,
  • lines out,
  • bursted into song,
  • in tones,
  • lifted up a voice,
  • dueting,
  • lullabied,
  • lift a voice,
  • cantillated,
  • lifted up voice,
  • cantillates,
  • de scants,
  • in tone,
  • lifting voice,
  • makes melody,
  • lift up voice,
  • de-scanted,
  • lifts voice,
  • lifts up a voice,
  • in-toning,
  • de-scants,
  • lullabying,
  • singsonging,
  • re sounding,
  • Re-sound,
  • canarying,
  • lining out,
  • in toning,
  • re-sounded,
  • choiring,
  • lifting up voice,
  • cantillating,
  • lifts a voice,
  • made melody.
  •stative (verb)
  • wait.
  •tarry (verb)
  • holds the phone,
  • holds phone,
  • held phone,
  • holding the phone,
  • goofing around,
  • lost time,
  • stopt over,
  • loses time,
  • stopped over,
  • losing time,
  • stops over,
  • goofs around,
  • held the phone,
  • hold phone,
  • goofed around,
  • holding phone.
  •watch (verb)
  • hast looksee,
  • over-seen,
  • be on lookout,
  • were alert,
  • hath a looksee,
  • has a look see,
  • is the lookout,
  • had look see,
  • wert the lookout,
  • are alert,
  • art lookout,
  • super intends,
  • art watchful,
  • wast watchful,
  • re gards,
  • give once over,
  • is on alert,
  • keeps eye on,
  • hast look see,
  • had a looksee,
  • eagle-eyes,
  • hadst a look-see,
  • haddest a looksee,
  • be lookout,
  • have looksee,
  • super-intends,
  • wast vigilant,
  • are wary,
  • over see,
  • having look see,
  • hadst looksee,
  • have a look see,
  • are on alert,
  • in spect,
  • pick upon,
  • art the lookout,
  • gives once over,
  • kept eyes peeled,
  • is lookout,
  • am vigilant,
  • am on the lookout,
  • takes notice,
  • keeping an eye on,
  • is alert,
  • having a look see,
  • gives the once over,
  • hast a look-see,
  • super-intend,
  • eagleeye,
  • wast alert,
  • was wary,
  • haddest look-see,
  • wert alert,
  • gave once over,
  • gotten a load of,
  • am the lookout,
  • having a look-see,
  • hath a look-see,
  • wast the lookout,
  • riding shotgun for,
  • rode shotgun for,
  • has look-see,
  • keeps watch over,
  • super-intending,
  • am lookout,
  • eagleeyeing,
  • super intending,
  • haddest a look see,
  • rides shotgun for,
  • super intend,
  • being watchful,
  • super-intended,
  • gat load of,
  • keeps tabs on,
  • over-sees,
  • getting a load of,
  • picks up on,
  • is watchful,
  • haddest a look-see,
  • art wary,
  • wast wary,
  • wert lookout,
  • eagle-eyeing,
  • were on alert,
  • are on lookout,
  • had looksee,
  • caring for,
  • keeping tabs on,
  • hadst look-see,
  • am alert,
  • takes heed,
  • was lookout,
  • having look-see,
  • having a looksee,
  • eagleeying,
  • gets a load of,
  • picked up on,
  • hast a looksee,
  • is wary,
  • over saw,
  • had look-see,
  • being lookout,
  • were on lookout,
  • got a load of,
  • gotten load of,
  • hast a look see,
  • picking upon,
  • being wary,
  • wert on the lookout,
  • keeping eyes peeled,
  • had a look see,
  • being alert,
  • wast on the lookout,
  • super intended,
  • are vigilant,
  • giving the once over,
  • has looksee,
  • is on the lookout,
  • was the lookout,
  • hath look see,
  • hath look-see,
  • taking care of,
  • has look see,
  • were lookout,
  • being vigilant,
  • wast on alert,
  • gave the once over,
  • were on the lookout,
  • was vigilant,
  • wert watchful,
  • eagle-eying,
  • took notice,
  • pays attention,
  • giving once over,
  • gets load of,
  • be the lookout,
  • being on lookout,
  • had a look-see,
  • over sees,
  • was on the lookout,
  • got load of,
  • has a looksee,
  • was on lookout,
  • hadst a looksee,
  • am watchful,
  • are watchful,
  • over-saw,
  • keeps eyes peeled,
  • wert on alert,
  • hath looksee,
  • hast look-see,
  • is vigilant,
  • am on alert,
  • art alert,
  • keep eye on,
  • keeps eyes open,
  • have look-see,
  • keeping eyes open,
  • wert vigilant,
  • wast on lookout,
  • kept eye on,
  • am on lookout,
  • having looksee,
  • wast lookout,
  • picks upon,
  • eagle eying,
  • eagleeyes,
  • get load of,
  • eagle eyeing,
  • in spects,
  • hadst look see,
  • were the lookout,
  • were watchful,
  • eagleeyed,
  • kept tabs on,
  • have look see,
  • over seeing,
  • art vigilant,
  • over seen,
  • were wary,
  • wert on lookout,
  • wert wary,
  • hadst a look see,
  • hath a look see,
  • is on lookout,
  • being the lookout,
  • payed attention,
  • are on the lookout,
  • re-gard,
  • was on alert,
  • keeping watch over,
  • keeping eye on,
  • kept eyes open,
  • am wary,
  • took heed,
  • in-spects,
  • haddest look see,
  • has a look-see,
  • are the lookout,
  • was watchful,
  • haddest looksee,
  • were vigilant,
  • eagle eyed,
  • was alert,
  • rid shotgun for,
  • being on alert,
  • in-spect,
  • being on the lookout.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prevaricate,
  • sit on,
  • wait up for,
  • stick around,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • temporize,
  • count down,
  • wait out,
  • hang on,
  • sit through,
  • stay in,
  • sit up for,
  • stop on,
  • skulk,
  • pussyfoot,
  • outstay,
  • stay around,
  • stay behind,
  • stay on.
  •
  • adjourn,
  • postpone,
  • sit out,
  • hold on.
  •
  • shelve,
  • defer,
  • spend,
  • hang up,
  • waive.
  •
  • hang around,
  • park,
  • stick.
  •
  • hover.
  •
  • kick around,
  • remit,
  • wait on.
  •
  • stalk.
  •
  • stir.
  •abide
  • Paused,
  • stay.
  •ambush
  • waylay,
  • boxes in,
  • jap,
  • JAPS,
  • ensnared,
  • Entrapped,
  • dry gulch,
  • lay for,
  • box in,
  • hem in,
  • set trap.
  •await
  • await.
  •delay
  • red tape.
  •hang around
  • hang about.
  •look at
  • watch.
  •lurk
  • Slank,
  • lay in wait,
  • slinks,
  • conceal oneself,
  • stay hidden,
  • gumshoeing,
  • Snaked,
  • lay wait,
  • lying in wait,
  • lie in wait,
  • go furtively,
  • snuck,
  • Snaking,
  • concealed oneself.
  •procrastinate
  • drag feet,
  • play a waiting game,
  • give run around,
  • plays for time,
  • hangs fire,
  • hanging fire,
  • playing for time,
  • give the run around,
  • let slide,
  • shillyshally.
  •remain
  • hold the fort,
  • nesting,
  • putting on hold,
  • bivouacking,
  • bivouac,
  • held over,
  • nested,
  • remain standing,
  • bivouacs,
  • Bunked,
  • sat out,
  • was left,
  • staying over,
  • stay over,
  • hold over,
  • Bunking,
  • Roosting,
  • make camp,
  • staying put,
  • Roosted,
  • keep on,
  • Bivouacked.
  •Other relevant words:
  • later,
  • breach,
  • steal,
  • have,
  • note,
  • be ready for,
  • dangle,
  • poke,
  • blockage,
  • keep shirt on,
  • deferment,
  • leaden,
  • split,
  • troubadour,
  • put on ice,
  • grievous,
  • drag,
  • block,
  • accompany,
  • on hold,
  • slowness,
  • delayed,
  • lagging,
  • stave off,
  • dilatory,
  • tend,
  • gap,
  • do for,
  • bind,
  • hide,
  • hang back,
  • search,
  • depend,
  • stand available,
  • waitress,
  • turn back,
  • consequently,
  • count upon,
  • Haver,
  • jam,
  • sojourn,
  • dally,
  • duration,
  • Upon,
  • sweat it out,
  • foresee,
  • bushwhack,
  • grasp,
  • check,
  • stay up,
  • spell,
  • Detainment,
  • while,
  • stand over,
  • opening,
  • comprise,
  • thus,
  • tolerate,
  • retain,
  • when,
  • after,
  • Shelved,
  • prolong,
  • cargo area,
  • hug,
  • continue,
  • put-off,
  • ballad singer,
  • seem,
  • Holdback,
  • afterthought,
  • deferred,
  • doubt,
  • hold in,
  • distinguished,
  • discontinue,
  • clutch,
  • slink,
  • shrink from,
  • hold everything,
  • clip,
  • chink,
  • afterward,
  • lie over,
  • elder,
  • lingering,
  • think twice,
  • jib,
  • balladeer,
  • expectant,
  • suspension,
  • set back,
  • disruption,
  • freeze,
  • contain,
  • handgrip,
  • period,
  • belated,
  • cargo hold,
  • stick about,
  • lie low,
  • minstrel,
  • clench,
  • stretch,
  • storage area,
  • street singer,
  • hold up,
  • require,
  • frankly,
  • lull,
  • lackey,
  • sweat,
  • repress,
  • red-tapery,
  • valet,
  • sweat out,
  • lag,
  • breather,
  • detain,
  • keep back,
  • minister to,
  • then,
  • hopeful,
  • handle,
  • hold the line,
  • fill time,
  • tie up,
  • guard,
  • take notice of,
  • so,
  • take care,
  • Minnesinger,
  • division,
  • hold,
  • dwell,
  • boggle at,
  • breathing space,
  • overdue,
  • accordingly,
  • extent,
  • lacuna,
  • and the like,
  • Et cetera,
  • hiatus,
  • maid,
  • fili,
  • bet,
  • Rhapsode,
  • rift,
  • postponement,
  • stoppage,
  • feel,
  • suppress,
  • front,
  • gripe,
  • be late,
  • work for,
  • protract,
  • aperture,
  • Serenader,
  • be prepared for,
  • deliver,
  • discontinuance,
  • rent,
  • void,
  • bide,
  • serve,
  • calculate,
  • dragging,
  • sit,
  • behindhand,
  • abeyance,
  • tear,
  • deal with,
  • clasp,
  • discontinuation,
  • entr'acte,
  • discontinuity,
  • therefore,
  • space,
  • hold horses,
  • fleshy,
  • reflect,
  • see off,
  • slow up,
  • hence,
  • forbear,
  • rely upon,
  • adhere,
  • watch for,
  • slowdown,
  • face,
  • stay up for,
  • hang fire,
  • straightforwardly,
  • drag one's feet,
  • down,
  • attend,
  • distance,
  • cavity,
  • slack,
  • administer to,
  • hole,
  • dilly-dally,
  • waiting,
  • hindrance,
  • downtime,
  • gain time,
  • cargo deck,
  • groovy,
  • sit tight,
  • bear,
  • save it,
  • tardy,
  • be tabled,
  • expect,
  • exactly,
  • backward,
  • time,
  • grueling,
  • straight,
  • cleft,
  • stay put,
  • vacillate,
  • reprieve,
  • demur,
  • gestate,
  • time lag,
  • Gleeman,
  • appear,
  • promptly,
  • table,
  • confine,
  • moratorium,
  • lapse,
  • stop,
  • ask,
  • hope,
  • depend upon,
  • reserve,
  • be careful of,
  • prowl,
  • bureaucratic delay,
  • rely on,
  • instantly,
  • grave,
  • carry through,
  • personally,
  • standstill,
  • keep,
  • hold your horses,
  • trovatore,
  • hang-up,
  • Hinderance,
  • stronghold,
  • sweat it,
  • serve out,
  • clutches,
  • hole up,
  • interrupt,
  • eminent,
  • at anchor,
  • cessation,
  • dillydally,
  • custody,
  • restrain,
  • span,
  • stall,
  • sneak,
  • wait and see,
  • be inactive,
  • directly,
  • gulf,
  • dish up,
  • hang,
  • bard,
  • postponed,
  • reckon,
  • carry,
  • Rhapsodist,
  • sincerely,
  • bargain on,
  • jongleur,
  • blockade,
  • ambush,
  • expected,
  • be left,
  • stay for,
  • inhabit,
  • extend,
  • aspire,
  • minister,
  • drudge,
  • attend on,
  • deem,
  • stay of execution,
  • sit up,
  • pander to,
  • be accessible,
  • hang onto your hat,
  • respite,
  • folk singer,
  • stand accessible,
  • be available,
  • scruple,
  • in sequence,
  • wait upon,
  • cease,
  • expectation,
  • bluntly,
  • conceal,
  • rip,
  • contemplate,
  • appreciation,
  • great,
  • hesitation,
  • reside,
  • bide the issue,
  • obstruction,
  • subsequently,
  • outspokenly,
  • strolling minstrel,
  • detention,
  • afterwards,
  • SCOP,
  • see,
  • anticipative,
  • suspend,
  • extension,
  • red-tapeism,
  • grip,
  • deferral,
  • eager,
  • equal to,
  • chore,
  • crevice,
  • bear with composure,
  • crack,
  • idle,
  • help,
  • put on hold,
  • observe,
  • slow.

Paraphrases for Wait:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    waiting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    waiting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    waiting.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    wait-wait-wait, w-w-wait, await, waitin.
  • Proper noun, singular
    await, Awaiting, awaits.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Awaiting.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    await.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    awaits.
  • Verb, base form
    await.

• Independent

  • Cardinal number
    stand.
  • Adjective
    expected, anticipated, idle.
  • Proper noun, singular
    seeks.
  • Noun, plural
    expectations, hopes, trusts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    anticipation, hope, withdrawal, meantime, delay.
  • Verb, past tense
    sat, wanted, failed, Happened, welcomed, Knew, trusted, Took, requests, Counted, planned, Looked, called, Did, expected, anticipated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    qualifying, Hoping, pushing.
  • Verb, past participle
    expected.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, AM, anticipate, want, sit, stand, hope, delay.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    anticipates, wants, screams, happens, takes, counts, returns, hopes, trusts.
  • Verb, base form
    ground, requests, waitingfor, anticipate, expected, want, sit, stand, hope, postpone, delay, Hallie, defer.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    wait-and-see.

Antonyms for Wait:

• n.

  • pause, delay
    act, go, Doing, continuation.
  • Other antonyms:
    depart, reject, avoid, rush, abandon, shun, migrate, dispatch, move, proceed, resist, promptness, Forfend, journey, promptitude, forfeit, haste.

• v.

  • pause, rest
    DO, forge, carry on, forward, leave, hurry, advance, go ahead, carry out.

Homophones for Wait:

• weight, WAYT, waitt, Waite.

Hypernym for Wait:

• v.

  • stative
    kick one's heels, stick about, lie in wait, ambush, lurk, scupper, ambuscade, stand by, waylay, stick around, bushwhack, cool one's heels.