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waiting

[wey-ting] / ˈweɪ tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
expectant
Synonyms
WEAK
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
ready
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accessible apt handy qualified ripe
STRONG
adjusted anticipating arranged completed covered equipped fit near organized primed set wired
WEAK
all set all systems go at beck and call at fingertips at hand at the ready champing at bit close to hand convenient equal to expectant fixed for in line in order in place in position in readiness in the saddle on call on hand on tap on the brink open to
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incapable unskilled
WEAK
unavailable uneducated unprepared unready untrained
ADJECTIVE
remaining
Synonyms
STRONG
halting pausing resting stopping tarrying
NOUN
abeyance
Synonyms
STRONG
discontinuation dormancy inactivity intermission latency postponement quiescence recess remission suspension
WEAK
temporarily deferred
Antonyms
STRONG
continuation
WEAK
action activity continuance operation renewal revival
NOUN
ambush
Synonyms
STRONG
ambuscade trap trick
WEAK
ambushment
NOUN
expectancy
Synonyms
STRONG
assumption assurance belief calculation confidence conjecture expectation hope likelihood outlook prediction presentation presentiment presumption probability prospect reliance supposition surmise suspense trust view
WEAK
looking forward
Antonyms
STRONG
disbelief distrust doubt fact fear knowledge proof reality truth uncertainty unlikelihood
NOUN
latency
Synonyms
STRONG
discontinuation dormancy inactivity intermission postponement quiescence recess remission suspension
WEAK
abeyancy temporarily deferred
Antonyms
STRONG
continuation

Example Sentences

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The memo to FedEx employees said that the company is now waiting for “the final, FAA-approved procedure to be released” for the MD-11 to return to service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

So another family which has been waiting months or years for permanent accommodation may see homeless people moving into that flat and feel they have been overtaken.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

An AFP reporter at the scene witnessed people being carried out of the wreckage on gurneys and loaded into waiting ambulances as hundreds of bystanders looked on, some seemingly in shock.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

In addition to patients waiting longer for procedures, Washington doctors and hospitals are spending more time appealing claims.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Mrs. Kuen paused, but it seemed to me that she was pressing me, waiting for me to say something.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu