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waited

VERB

pause, rest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

await delay expect hang linger remain stand by stay stick around watch

STRONG

abide anticipate bide dally foresee stall tarry

WEAK

bide one's time cool it fill time hang around hang onto your hat hang out hold back hold everything hold on hold the phone hole up keep shirt on lie in wait lie low look for look forward to mark time put on hold save it sit tight sit up for stay up for sweat it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance go hurry leave rush

STRONG

carry on move

WEAK

carry out do forge forward go ahead

Example Sentences

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Mr. Pelley doesn’t have to agree but he might have waited to learn why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In McGinn, they have the best mentor they could possibly have, a player with fire and class and belief, a leader who's waited his entire career for weeks like these.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The gap reflects the sharp decline in EBR Systems’ share price over the past couple months as the market waited for it to start the funding round, Bell Potter says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I’ve always waited for someone else to come and record it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

His friends, people his age or even older, others who waited at the corner and walked off with them, whispering, their heads close together.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler