Synonyms for wait
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1. waitnoun

   Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

   Synonyms:
   hold ones breath

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1. wait

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. wait

   Synonyms:
   stay, tarry, rest, stop, bide, expect

   Antonyms:
   speed, hasten, press

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1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun

   time during which some action is awaited

   "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, holdup, detainment, deferral, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, cargo area, detention, postponement, waiting, custody, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, deferment, cargo hold

2. wait, waitingverb

   the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

   "the wait was an ordeal for him"

   Synonyms:
   waiting, postponement, time lag, hold, delay

3. waitverb

   stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"

   Synonyms:
   expect, await, waitress, look, hold off, hold back

4. wait, hold off, hold backverb

   wait before acting

   "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

   Synonyms:
   await, waitress, hold in, keep, restrain, hold back, hold off, hold, look, check, conceal, retain, contain, keep back, forbear, stop, expect, arrest, turn back

5. expect, look, await, waitverb

   look forward to the probable occurrence of

   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

   Synonyms:
   count, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, expect, bear, see

6. wait, waitressverb

   serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"

   Synonyms:
   expect, await, waitress, look, hold off, hold back

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1. waitverb

   Synonyms:
   stay, tarry, delay, remain, linger, bide one's time

2. waitverb

   Synonyms:
   watch, look, be expectant

3. waitverb

   Synonyms:
   await, abide, stay for, wait for, look for

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1. waitnoun

   Synonyms:
   waiting, delay, halt, stop, ambush, ambuscade

2. waitverb

   Synonyms:
   tarry, stay, linger, await, abide, delay, postpone, defer, procrastinate

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1. List of paraphrases for "wait":

   waiting, expect, await, expected, sufferance, -wait, w-wait, suspense, awaits, w-w-wait, espere, wait-wait-wait, expectation, standby, expects, expecting, delay, hold

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1. Gwen Landt:

   Gwen Landt said. Gwen Landt added that Gwen Landt is trying to give tips to people on when its best to help these animals and when they should be left alone. Rescuers believe the beautiful fawn was separated from Gwen Landt mother and hit by a car which snapped her right back leg just below the hip bone. ( Credit : SWNS) When the mama is taking care of her baby, she leaves it in the ground and it curls up like a little croissant so the mother can go off and find food, she leaves the baby because it doesnt have any scent for a predator to detect. People often come across the baby deer and they think, Oh, it doesnt have a parent, Ill rescue it. But they should wait to see if the mother comes back.

2. Ian Drennan:

   If you find them in a shockable heart rhythm then most of the time you can reset the heart and get a pulse back. If you wait too long, the chance of finding that rhythm deteriorates.

3. Ibrahim Sidibe:

   Imagine that two people get killed, and you have to wait 10 years for this - aw! If I were to kill a police officer, believe me, I think I would be naked at the station, and I can't even imagine what would happen next, what happened to Zyed and Bouna could have happened to anybody here.

4. Philip Van Deusen:

   (The cost cuts give) them a little room to play the 'wait-and-see' game to see if these North American markets actually can gather some steam.

5. Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe:

   The message sent to a third party simply said in part, ‘We are starving and need food and water,’ i absolutely knew that we couldn’t wait on another agency to step up and we had to go check this out as soon as possible.