waited

• abide
• anticipate
• anticipated
• await
• awaited
• bide
• bided
• bode
• cool it
• dally
• delay
• expect
• expected
• fill time
• foresee
• hang
• hang around
• hang onto your hat
• hang out
• held on
• hold back
• hold everything
• hold on
• hold the phone
• hole up
• hung around
• keep shirt on
• lie in wait
• lie low
• linger
• lingered
• look for
• look forward to
• mark time
• put on hold
• remain
• remained
• sat tight
• save it
• sit tight
• sit up for
• stall
• stand by
• stay
• stay up for
• stayed
• stick around
• stood by
• stuck around
• sweat it
• tarried
• tarry
• watch

• advance
• carry on
• carry out
• do
• forge
• forward
• go
• go ahead
• hurry
• leave
• move
• rush

• verb
  1. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.).
  2. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
  3. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
  4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
  5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
  6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
  7. To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.

• She eagerly waited for her turn to audition for the lead role in the play.
• The passengers waited patiently at the train station for the delayed arrival of their train.
• Despite the long queue, he calmly waited in line to purchase tickets for the concert.
• The chef carefully waited as the soufflé baked to perfection in the oven.
• They waited in suspense for the final results of the competition, hoping for a positive outcome.

vacillated

wabbled

abided

balanced

halted

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