Synonyms for Waiting:

• adj.

  •expectant (adjective)
  • raring,
  • pre-pared,
  • more waiting,
  • most waiting,
  • pre pared.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • in line,
  • on hand,
  • remaining,
  • in the saddle,
  • at fingertips,
  • all systems go,
  • at beck and call,
  • with bated breath,
  • in suspense,
  • looking for,
  • at the ready,
  • equal to,
  • in readiness,
  • in position,
  • close to hand,
  • in order,
  • expectant,
  • ready,
  • in place,
  • all set,
  • on tenterhooks.
  •ready (adjective)
  • at ready,
  • more anticipating,
  • open to,
  • close hand,
  • more arranged,
  • on brink,
  • fixed for,
  • more adjusted,
  • at beck call,
  • most adjusted,
  • in saddle,
  • most anticipating,
  • most arranged.

• n.

  •
  • Expecting,
  • next in turn,
  • Languishing,
  • hoping for,
  • in wait.
  •
  • continue.
  •abeyance (noun)
  • latency,
  • temporarily deferred,
  • waitings.
  •act (noun)
  • waiting,
  • wait.
  •ambush (noun)
  • hiding place.
  •expectancy (noun)
  • out look,
  • pro spects,
  • out-looks,
  • pre-diction,
  • sur-mise,
  • pre sentiments,
  • out looks,
  • sur-mises,
  • sur mise,
  • pre dictions,
  • out-look,
  • pre sentiment,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • sur mises,
  • pre diction,
  • looking forwards,
  • be-lief,
  • pro spect,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • pre-dictions,
  • pro-spects,
  • be lief.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • abeyance,
  • looking forward,
  • expectancy,
  • likelihood,
  • prediction.

• v.

  •hesitating (verb)
  • faltering,
  • Recoiling,
  • hesitating,
  • balking,
  • halting,
  • shrinking,
  • Pausing,
  • Delaying.
  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • delay.
  •remaining (verb)
  • lasting,
  • Tarrying,
  • lingering,
  • enduring,
  • persisting,
  • prevailing.
  •resting (verb)
  • settling,
  • calming,
  • Quieting,
  • Stagnating,
  • fixing,
  • Becalming,
  • Vegetating,
  • marking time,
  • tranquilizing,
  • Staying,
  • slumbering,
  • standing,
  • sleeping,
  • Stilling,
  • settling down,
  • Resting,
  • subsiding.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • all agog,
  • rely,
  • Propping,
  • dawdling,
  • calculating,
  • clenching,
  • tarry,
  • appreciate,
  • nurse,
  • envisage,
  • pessimism,
  • holdup,
  • bide,
  • retaining,
  • gap,
  • Deferring,
  • forearmed,
  • cordon bleu,
  • impending,
  • carry,
  • upcoming,
  • interval,
  • hang about,
  • counting,
  • on tap,
  • available,
  • in anticipation,
  • allow,
  • certain,
  • Impendent,
  • wait on,
  • imminent,
  • hopeful,
  • gyp,
  • observe,
  • worker,
  • anxiety,
  • in the making,
  • close at hand,
  • in the wind,
  • hang on,
  • Ambuscading,
  • nursemaid,
  • that will be,
  • ladle out,
  • curiosity,
  • uncertainty,
  • suspension,
  • in the cards,
  • journeyman,
  • prepared,
  • ambush,
  • believe,
  • serve,
  • Carrying,
  • envision,
  • biddy,
  • arrest,
  • accompanying,
  • lady's maid,
  • sure,
  • threatening,
  • pending,
  • gathering,
  • Looming,
  • anticipatory,
  • suspense,
  • lurking,
  • ready and waiting,
  • brewing,
  • eager,
  • hold up,
  • listening,
  • tolerate,
  • know,
  • hiatus,
  • Detaining,
  • ministering,
  • Anticipating,
  • meditate,
  • Hoping,
  • maidservant,
  • During,
  • wait for,
  • handmaid,
  • accept,
  • watchful,
  • kick one's heels,
  • Restraining,
  • instant,
  • agog,
  • hospital room,
  • scuppering,
  • amah,
  • scout,
  • grasping,
  • soubrette,
  • interruption,
  • ayah,
  • optimistic,
  • extension,
  • watching for,
  • coming,
  • gestate,
  • stoppage,
  • expect,
  • contemplate,
  • servile,
  • anticipative,
  • till,
  • Prowling,
  • Hamal,
  • accomplish,
  • Preparing,
  • cliff-hanging,
  • attending,
  • attendant,
  • anticipation,
  • dish up,
  • apprehensive,
  • attendance,
  • depending on,
  • Clasping,
  • watching,
  • postponement,
  • confident,
  • waiting for,
  • coming up,
  • hold the line,
  • appearing,
  • menial,
  • house maid,
  • sanguine,
  • about to be,
  • time lag,
  • overhanging,
  • gripping,
  • take,
  • deferral,
  • gestating,
  • be useful,
  • in danger imminent,
  • concealing,
  • reserve,
  • handling,
  • attend,
  • pause,
  • look forward to,
  • Clutching,
  • anticipant,
  • Prolonging,
  • dalliance,
  • apprehend,
  • beget,
  • laundress,
  • chef de cuisine,
  • maid,
  • await,
  • poised,
  • bushwhacking,
  • approaching,
  • hesitant,
  • service,
  • while,
  • Awaiting,
  • unsurprised,
  • close,
  • let,
  • Ceasing,
  • not surprised,
  • deferment,
  • Requiring,
  • charwoman,
  • Ambushing,
  • immediate,
  • anxious,
  • ancillary,
  • interlude,
  • scullion,
  • arresting,
  • Bonne,
  • Until,
  • Bedmaker,
  • consider,
  • on the horizon,
  • dillydallying,
  • ministerial,
  • halt,
  • in expectation,
  • Recessing,
  • in prospect,
  • already in sight,
  • looking,
  • in the offing,
  • cool one's heels,
  • near,
  • looking forward to,
  • to come,
  • Containing,
  • future,
  • cook,
  • Postponing,
  • in reserve,
  • Loitering,
  • abide,
  • searching,
  • bear,
  • anticipate,
  • Biding,
  • helping,
  • sit up,
  • forthcoming,
  • at hand,
  • lull,
  • facing,
  • asking,
  • procrastination,
  • expectation,
  • forestalling,
  • inactivity,
  • serving,
  • seeming,
  • assume,
  • stick around,
  • dread,
  • detention,
  • comprehend,
  • reckoning,
  • stop,
  • guarding,
  • endure,
  • in store,
  • gaping,
  • apprehension,
  • potwalloper,
  • Forewarned,
  • tap,
  • come,
  • Checking,
  • agape,
  • lowering,
  • adjournment,
  • Suppressing,
  • Fronting,
  • Abigail,
  • dance attendance,
  • Depending,
  • menacing,
  • Nearing,
  • permit,
  • foresee,
  • lacuna,
  • in view,
  • tarriance,
  • bearer,
  • Dallying,
  • stopping.

Paraphrases for Waiting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    wait.
  • Proper noun, singular
    wait, Waits.
  • Noun, plural
    Waits.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    wait, Waits.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    Awaiting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Awaiting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Awaiting, homeawaiting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    awaits.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    looks.
  • Noun, plural
    accounts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hope.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    always, before, bending, blocking, calling, coming, confronting, counting, dating, dealing, defending, dying, facing, failing, find, forecasting, getting, going, hang, happening, hearing, keeping, lacking, lagging, leading, lending, listening, looking, love, lying, me, minutes, moving, ongoing, paying, proceeding, putting, qualifying, ranging, reading, remaining, ruling, seeing, seeking, sitting, stalling, straining, taking, talking, threatening, timing, varying, wanting, watching, willing, Announcing, Anticipating, Biding, Delaying, Doing, Expecting, Expressing, Having, Hoping, Including, L, Needing, Obstructing, Placing, Receiving, Recognizing, Relying, Treating, Considering, Postponing, Preparing, Preventing, Staying, Wanna, Loves, loans, calls, candidates.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Faces, SITS, expects, seeks, wants, looks.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    standby, sufferance, wait-and-see.
  • Proper noun, singular
    expectation, standby, sufferance, seeks, awaits.
  • Noun, plural
    Delays, expectations, subways.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    anticipation, delay, elimination, expectation, meantime, standby, sufferance, withdrawal, Intending, queueing.

Antonyms for Waiting:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    unready.

Homophones for Waiting:

• weighting.

Hyponym for Waiting:

• n.

  • act
    inactivity.