Definition for Waiting:

• Serving; attending.

Synonyms for Waiting:

• n.

  •
  • Expecting.
  •abeyance (noun)
  • latency.
  •act (noun)
  • wait.
  •waiting (noun)
  • ready,
  • ready and waiting,
  • wait.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

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

Antonyms for Waiting:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    unready.

Homophones for Waiting:

• weighting.

Hyponym for Waiting:

• n.

  • act
    inactivity.