Wait

//weɪt//

Synonyms for "wait" (185 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Strong matches (56)

Noun(2 words)
delayhold
Intj(1 words)
hold on

Related words (92)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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manner of

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related to

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similar

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Translations

273 translations across 126 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • wag verb (delay until some event)

Albanian

2 entries
  • pritje noun (a delay)
  • pres verb (delay until some event)

Amharic

1 entries
  • መጠበቅ verb (delay until some event)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μένω verb (delay until some event)
  • προσδέχομαι verb (delay until some event)

Arabic

4 entries
  • استنى verb (delay until some event)
  • استنى verb (delay until some event)
  • انتظر verb (delay until some event)
  • اِنْتَظَرَ verb (delay until some event)

Armenian

2 entries
  • սպասարկել verb (to serve customers)
  • սպասել verb (delay until some event)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • ashteptu verb (delay until some event)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܣܵܦܹܪ verb (delay until some event)

Asturian

4 entries
  • espera noun (a delay)
  • aguardar verb (delay until some event)
  • esperar verb (delay until some event)
  • sirvir verb (to serve customers)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • gözləmək verb (delay until some event)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • көтөү verb (delay until some event)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • ждаць verb (delay until some event)
  • пачака́ць verb (delay until some event)
  • чака́ць verb (delay until some event)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অপেক্ষা করা verb (delay until some event)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • очакване noun (a delay)
  • обслу́жвам verb (to serve customers)
  • оча́квам verb (delay until some event)
  • серви́рам verb (to serve customers)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စောင့် verb (delay until some event)

Campidanese Sardinian

4 entries
  • abetu noun (a delay)
  • aspettu noun (a delay)
  • abettài verb (delay until some event)
  • agguardai verb (delay until some event)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • че́кати verb (delay until some event)

Catalan

3 entries
  • espera noun (a delay)
  • esperar verb (delay until some event)
  • esperar-se verb (delay until some event)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • hulat verb (delay until some event)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • چاوەڕێ کردن verb (delay until some event)

Chinese

1 entries
  • дын verb (delay until some event)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 企檯 /企台 verb (to serve customers)
  • 等 verb (delay until some event)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 候 verb (delay until some event)
  • 待 verb (delay until some event)
  • 等 verb (delay until some event)
  • 等待 verb (delay until some event)

Church Slavic

3 entries
  • жьдати verb (delay until some event)
  • чекати verb (delay until some event)
  • ⰶⱐⰴⰰⱅⰻ verb (delay until some event)

Czech

2 entries
  • obsluhovat verb (to serve customers)
  • čekat verb (delay until some event)

Danish

1 entries
  • vente verb (delay until some event)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afwachten verb (delay until some event)
  • bedienen verb (to serve customers)
  • wachten verb (delay until some event)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • atendi verb (delay until some event)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ootama verb (delay until some event)

Even

1 entries
  • алат verb (delay until some event)

Evenki

1 entries
  • алат verb (delay until some event)

Ewe

1 entries
  • lala verb (delay until some event)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bíða verb (delay until some event)

Finnish

3 entries
  • odotus noun (a delay)
  • odottaa verb (delay until some event)
  • tarjoilla verb (to serve customers)

French

4 entries
  • attente noun (a delay)
  • attendre verb (delay until some event)
  • faire le service verb (to serve customers)
  • patienter verb (delay until some event)

Friulian

1 entries
  • spietâ verb (delay until some event)

Galician

4 entries
  • espera noun (a delay)
  • agardar verb (delay until some event)
  • esperar verb (delay until some event)
  • mentrexar verb (delay until some event)

Gallurese

3 entries
  • asèttu noun (a delay)
  • ambarà verb (delay until some event)
  • asittà verb (delay until some event)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დალოდება verb (delay until some event)

German

4 entries
  • Warten noun (a delay)
  • bedienen verb (to serve customers)
  • beite verb (delay until some event)
  • warten verb (delay until some event)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (delay until some event)

Greek

2 entries
  • περιμένω verb (delay until some event)
  • σερβίρω verb (to serve customers)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • tann verb (delay until some event)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kali verb (delay until some event)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הִמְתִּין verb (delay until some event)
  • חיכה \ חִכָּה verb (delay until some event)

Hindi

3 entries
  • इंतज़ार करना verb (delay until some event)
  • ठहरना verb (delay until some event)
  • प्रतीक्षा करना verb (delay until some event)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • vár verb (delay until some event)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bíða verb (delay until some event)

Ido

1 entries
  • vartar verb (delay until some event)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • aguray verb (delay until some event)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • menunggu verb (delay until some event)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اِنْتِظار داشْتَن verb (delay until some event)
  • صَبْر کَرْدَن verb (delay until some event)
  • مُنْتَظِر بودَن verb (delay until some event)
  • مُنْتَظِر شُدَن verb (delay until some event)

Irish

2 entries
  • fan verb (delay until some event)
  • fuirigh verb (delay until some event)

Istriot

1 entries
  • spattà verb (delay until some event)

Italian

4 entries
  • attesa noun (a delay)
  • aspettare verb (delay until some event)
  • attendere verb (delay until some event)
  • servire a tavola verb (to serve customers)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 待ち noun (a delay)
  • ウエイターをする verb (to serve customers)
  • ウエイトレスをする verb (to serve customers)
  • 待つ verb (delay until some event)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • czekac verb (delay until some event)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • күту verb (delay until some event)
  • тосу verb (delay until some event)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • têu verb (delay until some event)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ចាំ verb (delay until some event)
  • រងចាំ verb (delay until some event)

Korean

4 entries
  • 기다림 noun (a delay)
  • 기다리다 verb (delay until some event)
  • 대기하다 verb (delay until some event)
  • 서비스하다 verb (to serve customers)

Kumyk

3 entries
  • гёзлемек verb (delay until some event)
  • къаравулламакъ verb (delay until some event)
  • къарамакъ verb (delay until some event)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • күйүү verb (delay until some event)
  • күтүү verb (delay until some event)

Ladino

1 entries
  • asperar verb (delay until some event)

Lao

2 entries
  • ລໍ verb (delay until some event)
  • ລໍຖ້າ verb (delay until some event)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • gaideit verb (delay until some event)

Latin

4 entries
  • expectatio noun (a delay)
  • expectō verb (delay until some event)
  • exspectō verb (delay until some event)
  • opperior verb (delay until some event)

Latvian

2 entries
  • apkalpot verb (to serve customers)
  • gaidīt verb (delay until some event)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • laukti verb (delay until some event)

Lombard

1 entries
  • spettà verb (delay until some event)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • waarden verb (delay until some event)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • исчекувње noun (a delay)
  • чекање noun (a delay)
  • дочека verb (delay until some event)
  • почека verb (delay until some event)

Malay

1 entries
  • menunggu verb (delay until some event)

Maltese

1 entries
  • stenna verb (delay until some event)

Marathi

2 entries
  • वाट पाहणे verb (delay until some event)
  • वाट बघणे verb (delay until some event)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хүлээх verb (delay until some event)
  • ᠬᠦᠯᠢᠶᠡᠬᠦ verb (delay until some event)

Māori

4 entries
  • rato verb (to serve customers)
  • tatari verb (delay until some event)
  • tuari verb (to serve customers)
  • whakarato verb (to serve customers)

Nanai

1 entries
  • халачи verb (delay until some event)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • aspettà verb (delay until some event)

Nepali

1 entries
  • पर्खनु verb (delay until some event)

Norman

1 entries
  • attendre verb (delay until some event)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • vuordit verb (delay until some event)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bie verb (delay until some event)
  • vente verb (delay until some event)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • bie verb (delay until some event)
  • venta verb (delay until some event)

Occitan

2 entries
  • espèra noun (a delay)
  • esperar verb (delay until some event)

Old English

2 entries
  • bīdan verb (delay until some event)
  • ġebīdan verb (delay until some event)

Old Polish

1 entries
  • żdać verb (delay until some event)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • почекац verb (delay until some event)
  • чекац verb (delay until some event)

Pashto

1 entries
  • انتظارايستل verb (delay until some event)

Polish

4 entries
  • opóźnienie noun (a delay)
  • czekać verb (delay until some event)
  • kelnerować verb (to serve customers)
  • obsługiwać verb (to serve customers)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • espera noun (a delay)
  • aguardar verb (delay until some event)
  • esperar verb (delay until some event)
  • servir verb (to serve customers)

Quechua

3 entries
  • suyai verb (delay until some event)
  • suyay verb (delay until some event)
  • şuyai verb (delay until some event)

Romanian

3 entries
  • așteptare noun (a delay)
  • a servi masa verb (to serve customers)
  • aștepta verb (delay until some event)

Romansch

1 entries
  • spetgar verb (delay until some event)

Russian

4 entries
  • задержка noun (a delay)
  • ожида́ние noun (a delay)
  • ждать verb (delay until some event)
  • обслу́живать verb (to serve customers)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • प्रतीक्षते verb (delay until some event)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • iséttu noun (a delay)
  • appelidare verb (delay until some event)
  • appittu verb (delay until some event)
  • isettare verb (delay until some event)

Sassarese

4 entries
  • aisettu noun (a delay)
  • aipittà verb (delay until some event)
  • aisitt' verb (delay until some event)
  • aisittà verb (delay until some event)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • čȅkati verb (delay until some event)
  • че̏кати verb (delay until some event)

Slovak

1 entries
  • čakať verb (delay until some event)

Slovene

1 entries
  • čakati verb (delay until some event)

Somali

1 entries
  • sugid verb (delay until some event)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӱйер verb (delay until some event)

Spanish

4 entries
  • espera noun (a delay)
  • retraso noun (a delay)
  • aguardar verb (delay until some event)
  • bancar verb (delay until some event)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • wakti verb (delay until some event)

Swedish

3 entries
  • väntan noun (a delay)
  • bida verb (delay until some event)
  • vänta verb (delay until some event)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • paghihintay noun (a delay)
  • maghintay verb (delay until some event)

Tajik

4 entries
  • интизор кашидан verb (delay until some event)
  • интизор шудан verb (delay until some event)
  • мунтазир будан verb (delay until some event)
  • мунтазир шудан verb (delay until some event)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பொறுத்திரு verb (delay until some event)

Tatar

1 entries
  • көтәргә verb (delay until some event)

Thai

1 entries
  • รอ verb (delay until some event)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཕེབས་སྒུག་ཞུ verb (delay until some event)
  • སྒུག verb (delay until some event)

Turkish

1 entries
  • beklemek verb (delay until some event)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • garaşmak verb (delay until some event)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • жда́ти verb (delay until some event)
  • очі́кувати verb (delay until some event)
  • чека́ти verb (delay until some event)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • čakać verb (delay until some event)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اِنْتِظار کَرْنا verb (delay until some event)
  • صَبْر کَرْنا verb (delay until some event)
  • مُنْتَظِر ہونا verb (delay until some event)
  • ٹَھہَرْنا verb (delay until some event)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • كۈتمەك verb (delay until some event)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kutmoq verb (delay until some event)

Venetan

2 entries
  • aspetar verb (delay until some event)
  • spetar verb (delay until some event)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chờ verb (delay until some event)
  • chờ đợi verb (delay until some event)
  • đợi verb (delay until some event)

Volapük

2 entries
  • bötön verb (to serve customers)
  • stebedön verb (delay until some event)

Walloon

3 entries
  • atinde verb (delay until some event)
  • ratinde verb (delay until some event)
  • rawårder verb (delay until some event)

Welsh

1 entries
  • aros verb (delay until some event)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • וואַרטן verb (delay until some event)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • pawen verb (delay until some event)
  • pawen verb (delay until some event)
  • poşeyen verb (delay until some event)
  • vende verb (delay until some event)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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I can only wait.

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I don't want to wait that long.

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Ten years is a long time to wait.

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I can't wait to go on a vacation.

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