Words and phrases that have a meaning related to waiting: (187 results)
Often used in the same context:
awaiting, hoping, clamoring, queuing, hurrying, dreading, expecting, anticipating, wanting, sitting, wishing, preparing, biding, wondering, looking, pining, watching, praying, champing, asking, longed, begging, bracing, seeing, lining, itching, readying, needing, eyeing, jonesing, trying, craning, searching, overjoyed, crying, chomping, scrambling, standing, supposed, shivering, pondering, seeking, huddled, camped, delayed, poring, pending, elated, going, prepping, clutching, agonizing, jostling, hankering, thirsting, procrastinating, stuck, stewing, reviewing, straggling, salivating, mulling, applauding, cheered, flocking, dawdling, jockeying, requesting, rushed, counting, hunkered down, dreaming, speculating, refusing, snaking, until, panicking, coming, arriving, scouring, soonest, fretting, dumbfounded, getting, scurrying, scrabbling, gasping, twiddling, weeping, circling, luggage carousel, bawling, yearn, glued, buzzing, screaming, lollygag, paused, hunched, jammed, guessing, checking, wait, vigil, suspense, boredom, brooding, drudgery, ennui, heartache, toil, anguish, dying, monotony, tramping, vigils, watchfulness, weariness, while, nicest, quiet, retiring, vulnerable, frightened, handsomest, nicer, quietest, unhappiest, afflicted, carefree, coldest, coolest, disheveled, forlorn, grownup, impressionable, nice, timid, bashful
Appears in the definition of:
., air, air travel, anxious, boiling point, breadline, bread line, buffer, buffer storage, buffer store, busywork, checkout line, chow line, cool one's heels, eternity, gas line, irresolute, kick one's heels, lurcher, lurker, lying in wait, motionlessly, offstage, opening, proactive, puckered, puckered-up, queue, rendezvous, restlessness, scan, serenely, skulker, snipe hunt, stalk, stalking, still hunt, tee, ticket line, ticking bomb, twiddle, unemployment line, wait, waiting line, waiting list
More general:
inactivity
Synonyms:
Also try:ready, ready and waiting
— Adjectives for waiting: watchful, long, weary, more, endless, silent, passive, busy, quiet, impatient, patient, more...
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