Waits

/weɪts/

Synonyms for "waits" (30 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Verb(4 words)
assistattendblockcity musicians

Strong matches (9)

Verb(5 words)
deferdelaydwell timelagmunicipal musicians

Related words (15)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

10 entries
action verbcaregiving verbcomputing verbdurationmusiciansprogramming termservice verbtime intervaltown musiciansverb

More specific

13 entries
assistattendblockceremonial Waitslingerlong waitpollserveshort waitsleepstallstreet Waitstarry

Collocations

10 entries
dwell timelong waitlong waitsshort waitshort waitswait timewait timeswaiting periodwaiting roomwaiting time

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The violinist waits for the signal to play.

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There the spider waits for small insects like butterflies and dragonflies to be trapped.

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Everything comes to him who waits.

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He waits on an old lady.

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