Definition for Waiting:

• Serving; attending.

Synonyms for Waiting:

• adj.

  •expectant (adjective)
  • raring,
  • pre-pared,
  • more waiting,
  • most waiting,
  • pre pared.
  •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.
  •ready and waiting (noun)
  • ready and waiting.

• v.

  •hesitating (verb)
  • faltering,
  • Recoiling,
  • hesitating,
  • balking,
  • halting,
  • shrinking,
  • Pausing,
  • Delaying.
  •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:

  •reserved
  • reserve.

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
    homeawaiting, Awaiting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    awaits.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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

Antonyms for Waiting:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    unready.

Waiting Sentence Examples:

• " Tell Miss Meredyth that I am here waiting to see her," Ellice said.

• Our people are waiting for you.

Homophones for Waiting:

• weighting.

Hyponym for Waiting:

• n.

  • act
    inactivity.