Words Like WAIT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to WAIT.

28 Alternative Words Similar to wait

1 Delay Noun      Synonym Words Like Delay
2 Hold Noun      Synonym Words Like Hold
3 Postponement Noun      Synonym Words Like Postponement
4 Waiting Noun      Synonym Words Like Waiting
5 Break Noun      Synonym Words Like Break
6 Inactivity Noun      Synonym Words Like Inactivity
7 Intermission Noun      Synonym Words Like Intermission
8 Interruption Noun      Synonym Words Like Interruption
9 Pause Noun      Synonym Words Like Pause
10 Suspension Noun      Synonym Words Like Suspension
11 Expect Verb      Synonym Words Like Expect
12 Look Verb      Synonym Words Like Look
13 Await Verb      Synonym Words Like Await
14 Act Verb      Synonym Words Like Act
15 Move Verb      Synonym Words Like Move
16 Work Verb      Synonym Words Like Work
17 Watch Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Watch
18 Observe Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Observe
19 Stay Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Stay
20 Accompany Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Accompany
21 Defer Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Defer
22 Postpone Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Postpone
23 Halt Noun      Synonym Words Like Halt
24 Holdout Verb      Hyponym Words Like Holdout
25 Scupper Verb      Hyponym Words Like Scupper
26 Anticipate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Anticipate
27 Extension Noun      Hyponym Words Like Extension
28 Moratorium Noun      Hyponym Words Like Moratorium

5 examples of wait

1 to wait orders
2 to wait dinner
3 She is looking to a promotion
4 he is waiting to be drafted
5 he ordered a hold in the action

10 definitions of wait

1 To watch; to observe; to take notice.
2 To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
3 To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await.
4 To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
5 To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
6 To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal.
7 The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
8 Ambush.
9 One who watches; a watchman.
10 Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
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