We men are used to waiting for the women.
Source: tatoeba (2228)
Waiting
//ˈweɪtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "waiting" (104 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
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1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescauses
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
12 entriesform of
1 entrieshas subevent
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изчакване noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
- обслужване noun (attendance, service)
- сервиране noun (attendance, service)
- чакане noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Dutch
3 entries- afwachten noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
- bedienen noun (attendance, service)
- wachten noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Finnish
3 entries- odottaminen noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
- odotus noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
- palvelu noun (attendance, service)
French
1 entries- attente noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
German
1 entries- Warten noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रतीक्षा noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Hungarian
1 entries- várakozás noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Irish
1 entries- fanacht noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Italian
3 entries- aspettazione noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
- aspetto noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
- attesa noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Japanese
1 entries- 待つこと noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Ligurian
1 entries- atéiza noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Norwegian
1 entries- vente noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Polish
1 entries- czekanie noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Russian
1 entries- ожида́ние noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чека́ння noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Unami
1 entries- pèhëwe noun (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
They are waiting for you in front of the door.
Source: tatoeba (2300)
I've been waiting for hours.
Source: tatoeba (2314)
Wait in the waiting room.
Source: tatoeba (2358)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.