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waiting
adjective as in expectant
Weak matches
alert, anticipative, anxious, apprehensive, awaiting, breathless, eager, expecting, hopeful, hoping, in suspense, looking for, on edge, on tenterhooks, prepared, raring, ready, vigilant, waiting on, watchful, with bated breath
adjective as in ready
noun as in abeyance
Strong matches
discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, intermission, latency, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension
Weak match
noun as in ambush
Weak match
noun as in expectancy
Strong matches
assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view
Weak match
noun as in latency
Strong matches
discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, intermission, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension
Weak matches
Example Sentences
"If we don't answer, they sit there all day waiting," Antonio says.
He spent 19 months as the interim title holder, waiting for an undisputed fight with Jones to materialise.
"There seems to be a clear divide of people waiting until the absolute last minute or people who are just like, 'Yeah, no, I'm not gonna be cold in my own house.'"
Will people waiting at the bus stop be a problem for me?
After the result, us reporters were still loitering in the street and we were kept waiting ages for the winner, the loser and the prime minister to leave.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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