waiting

The word “waiting” has 2 syllables: wait-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈweɪtɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for waiting?

In the thesaurus, “waiting” has 153 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for waiting

abeyancy
accessible
adjusted
alert
all set
all systems go
ambuscade
ambushment
anticipating
anticipative
anxious
apprehensive
apt
arranged
assumption
assurance
at beck and call
at fingertips
at hand
at the ready
aversion
avoidance
awaiting
belief
biding
breathless
calculation
champing at bit
close to hand
completed
confidence
conjecture
consideration
convenient
covered
debate
delay
deliberation
discontinuation
disinclination
dormancy
doubt
eager
equal to
equipped
equivocation
expectant
expectation
expecting
faintheartedness
faltering
fence-sitting
fit
fixed for
halting
handy
hanging around
hawing
hesitance
hesitancy
hesitation
holding on
hope
hopeful
hoping
in line
in order
in place
in position
in readiness
in suspense
in the saddle
inactivity
incertitude
indecision
indecisiveness
indetermination
indisposition
intermission
irresolution
latency
likelihood
lingering
looking for
looking forward
misgiving
near
on call
on edge
on hand
on tap
on tenterhooks
on the brink
open to
organized
outlook
pause
pausing
postponement
prediction
prepared
presentation
presentiment
presumption
primed
probability
procrastination
prospect
qualified
quiescence
raring
ready
recess
reliance
reluctance
remaining
remission
resting
ripe
second thought
set
shilly-shally
shilly-shallying
shyness
sitting tight
standing by
staying
sticking around
stopping
supposition
surmise
suspense
suspension
tarrying
temporarily deferred
timidity
timidness
trap
trick
trust
uncertainness
uncertainty
unwillingness
vacillation
view
vigilant
wabbling
waiting on
watchful
wavering
wired
with bated breath
wobbling

Antonyms for waiting

action
activity
alacrity
certainty
certitude
confidence
continuance
continuation
decisiveness
determination
disbelief
distrust
doubt
eagerness
fact
fear
firmness
incapable
knowledge
operation
proof
readiness
reality
renewal
resoluteness
resolution
revival
sureness
truth
unavailable
uncertainty
uneducated
unlikelihood
unprepared
unready
unskilled
untrained

Meanings of waiting

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 (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.).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.
noun
1. Watching.
2. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
3. Attendance, service.

Example Sentences

Waiting for the bus, she checked her watch impatiently.
He grew restless while waiting for the results of his exam.
Waiting in line at the coffee shop, she scrolled through her phone to pass the time.
The children were excitedly waiting for Santa Claus to arrive.
Despite the long waiting list, they were determined to get tickets to the concert.

On this page you'll find 190 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to waiting, such as: abeyancy, accessible, action, activity, adjusted, alacrity, alert.

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