waited

The word “waited” has 2 syllables: wait-ed

It's pronounced as /ˈweɪtɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for waited?

In the thesaurus, “waited” has 53 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for waited along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for 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

Antonyms for waited

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

Meanings of waited

  • 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 (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.).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.

Example Sentences

  • 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.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to waited, such as: abide, advance, anticipate, anticipated, await, awaited, bide.

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Related Words

wabbled

lain

  • BS
  • avoided
  • awaited
  • be
  • be beside
  • be buried
  • be established
  • be even
  • be fixed
  • be found
  • be interred
  • be level
  • be located
  • be on
  • be placed
  • be prone
  • be recumbent
  • be seated
  • be smooth
  • be supine
  • be untruthful
  • bear false witness
  • been
  • beguile
  • belong
  • beset
  • born
  • borne
  • break promise
  • bull
  • commanded
  • con
  • concoct
  • couch
  • coursed
  • crossed
  • cut
  • deceive
  • delude
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • distort
  • dupe
  • dwelled
  • dwelt
  • eluded
  • equivocate
  • evaded
  • exaggerate
  • exist
  • extend
  • extended
  • fabricate
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fib
  • followed
  • forswear
  • frame
  • fudge
  • go back on
  • go to bed
  • gone
  • have its seat in
  • headed
  • hid
  • hidden
  • holed up
  • hung around
  • invent
  • lain low
  • laze
  • led
  • lie down
  • loll
  • lounge
  • lurked
  • make believe
  • malign
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • misinstruct
  • mislead
  • misrepresent
  • misspeak
  • misstate
  • nap
  • occupy
  • overdraw
  • overlooked
  • palter
  • passed
  • perjure
  • pervert
  • phony
  • plant
  • posted
  • prevail
  • prevaricate
  • promote
  • put on
  • put up a front
  • reach
  • recline
  • remain
  • remained
  • repose
  • reposed
  • resided
  • rest
  • rested
  • retire
  • run
  • sat
  • sat tight
  • siesta
  • skulked
  • sleep
  • slinked
  • slunk
  • sneaked
  • snow
  • snuck
  • soft-soap
  • spanned
  • sprawl
  • spread
  • stationed
  • stayed
  • stood
  • stretch
  • stretch out
  • string along
  • stuck around
  • tarried
  • traversed
  • turn in
  • victimize
  • waited

halted

  • abated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • annulled
  • apoplectic
  • arrested
  • at a standstill
  • at rest
  • backed down
  • baffled
  • balanced
  • balked
  • becalmed
  • bit the dust
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • blundered
  • bottlenecked
  • braked
  • broke
  • broke down
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • brought up
  • called
  • canned
  • caught
  • ceased
  • checked
  • choked off
  • clamped down
  • clogged
  • closed
  • completed
  • concluded
  • considered
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • dallied
  • dammed
  • dawdled
  • deactivated
  • dead
  • dead-ended
  • deadlocked
  • deathly
  • debated
  • deferred
  • delayed
  • deliberated
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • detained
  • determined
  • died
  • discontinued
  • dissolved
  • dithered
  • doddered
  • drew up
  • dropped
  • elapsed
  • ended
  • equivocated
  • established
  • expired
  • faltered
  • fetched up
  • finished
  • firm
  • fixed
  • floundered
  • frozen
  • gave over
  • had done with
  • hawed
  • hedged
  • held
  • held back
  • held up
  • hemmed
  • hesitated
  • hindered
  • hitched
  • hobbled
  • hung back
  • immobile
  • immotile
  • impeded
  • inanimate
  • inert
  • interrupted
  • kiboshed
  • killed
  • knocked off
  • laid off
  • lapsed
  • left
  • left off
  • let up
  • lifeless
  • limped
  • lingered
  • lurched
  • numb
  • obstructed
  • oscillated
  • palsied
  • paralyzed
  • passed
  • paused
  • petrified
  • placed
  • planted
  • pondered
  • positioned
  • procrastinated
  • pulled up
  • pussyfooted
  • put
  • put the kibosh on
  • quiescent
  • quiet
  • quit
  • quitted
  • receding
  • regressing
  • repressed
  • retrogressing
  • ruined
  • scrupled
  • scuttled
  • shambled
  • shilly-shallied
  • shuffled
  • shut off
  • snagged
  • snuffed
  • spellbound
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • stable
  • staggered
  • stagnant
  • stalled
  • stamped
  • stanched
  • standing
  • static
  • stationary
  • staunched
  • stayed
  • steadfast
  • stemmed
  • still
  • stilled
  • stock-still
  • stopped
  • stored
  • stumbled
  • stunted
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • swayed
  • teetered
  • terminated
  • torpid
  • tottered
  • transfixed
  • turned back
  • unmovable
  • unmoved
  • unmoving
  • vacillated
  • wabbled
  • waffled
  • waited
  • wavered
  • weighed
  • went
  • winded down
  • winded up
  • wobbled
  • wound down
  • wound up

hand-fed

  • banqueted
  • battened
  • boarded
  • catered
  • dined
  • fattened
  • feasted
  • fed
  • filled
  • force-fed
  • messed
  • nourished
  • nurtured
  • overfed
  • provisioned
  • refed
  • regaled
  • reprovisioned
  • served
  • spoon-fed
  • surfeited
  • sustained
  • underfed
  • victualed
  • victualled
  • waited

sat

  • assemble
  • awaited
  • be in session
  • be seated
  • bear on
  • bore
  • brooded
  • come together
  • commanded
  • convene
  • cover
  • deliberate
  • dwelled
  • dwelt
  • ensconce
  • ensconced
  • give feet a rest
  • grab a chair
  • hatched
  • have a place
  • have a seat
  • hold an assembly
  • hung around
  • hunker
  • incubated
  • install
  • laid
  • lay
  • lie
  • lounged
  • meet
  • officiate
  • open
  • overlooked
  • park
  • perch
  • perched
  • placed
  • plop down
  • pose
  • posted
  • posture
  • preside
  • put
  • put it there
  • reclined
  • relax
  • remain
  • remained
  • reposed
  • resided
  • rest
  • rested
  • seat
  • seat oneself
  • seated
  • set
  • set down
  • settle
  • settled
  • slouched
  • spawned
  • sprawled
  • squat
  • squatted
  • stationed
  • stayed
  • stood
  • straddled
  • stuck around
  • take a load off
  • take a place
  • take a seat
  • tarried
  • waited
  • was

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