Waiting synonyms
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Part of speech:
The definition of standing is in an upright position, or not flowing or moving.
To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy.
A period of waiting
To briefly delay, suspend, or postpone a court proceeding. See also continuance.
next in turn
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cooling one's heels
ready and waiting
being and remaining ready and available for use
The definition of await is you are expecting or ready for something.
To stop for a while; linger
To stay while others go
Of a woman or female animal, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.
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hoping for
acting (antonym)
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
To seem or appear to be:
moving (antonym)
Involving a moving motor vehicle
hurrying (antonym)
To dwell, remain, reside, or stay.
Prone to halting or hesitation.
To stand still; stop; halt
(Law) To deliver or present (a process of the court, such as a summons or court order) in a manner prescribed by law to a person who is legally entitled to receive it or legally required to obey it.
(Intransitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
To put off doing (something unpleasant or burdensome) until a future time; esp., to postpone (such actions) habitually
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To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen.
To pause is defined as to stop for a brief period of time.
To stop because of indecision; pause or delay in acting, choosing, or deciding because of feeling unsure; waver
To stop; pause:
To defer is defined as to delay something until later or to give into someone else.
Court means to pay attention to someone to get something or to seek someone for marriage or dating.
To attend to the wants or needs of.
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To remain ready to serve; wait.
Ambush means to attack by surprise.
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
Ready is defined as to prepare or make available.
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
Deliver is defined as to bring to someone or to give birth.
To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry.
To deal with beforehand; act so as to mitigate, nullify, or prevent:
To pass (time) without doing anything:
To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with:
To cease for a period; delay.
To shelve is to put something, especially books, onto a shelf or resting place, or to put something aside.
going (antonym)
To be discarded or abolished:
forwarding (antonym)
In or toward the future:
forging (antonym)
To move forward steadily, as if against difficulties
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continuing (related)
(Intransitive) to resume
surprising (related)
To elicit or detect through surprise:
Guffman (related)
wating (related)
marking time
in wait
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Find another word for waiting. In this page you can discover 63 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for waiting, like: standing, loitering, dallying, in line, wait, adjourning, next in turn, cooling one's heels, ready and waiting, awaiting and delaying.