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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waited

"We believed the police when they said my father was safe and waited, but after 51 days, what returned was his body," the man's son told reporters.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Shares of European semiconductor companies were mixed as investors waited for Nvidia’s results to gauge appetite for artificial-intelligence chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

I waited for what felt like my entire life to see Dollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

She waited to start looking to move out until she had a steady full-time job, a process that took almost two years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

I located the correct one for Lyon and waited for someone to pick up the extension.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse