Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "waiter" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

cafe resturant

Capable Of

bus table clear table offer menu place plate on table place silverware present bill quarter dessert refill glass seat guests seat patron serve customers serve customers in restaurant serve diners serve food serve meal serve table service dish service to people in restaraunt set table wash hands often by law wears black

Coordinate Terms

waitress

Derived Terms

cater-waiter coast waiter drinks waiter dumbwaiter landing waiter landwaiter quarter waiter shad-waiter tide waiter time-waiter waitered waitering wine waiter

Derived From

wait

Desires

people to tip well

Etymologically Related To

waitress

Inflected/Variant Forms

waitress

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor dining-room attendant doer restaurant attendant worker

Type Of (IsA)

dining room attendant film male animal person server waitperson waitron waitstaff

Not Desires

small tip

Related Terms

barista bartender maître d' server wait waitress

Related Terms

attendant barista bartender café customer female male maître d restaurant server wait waiting waitress

Synonym Network

salver tray

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.