waiting list

noun

variants or waitlist or wait list

: a list or roster of those waiting (as for admission to an organization or institution)

Examples of waiting list in a Sentence

I'll put your name on the waiting list.

Recent Examples on the Web

Officials press safety concerns Adrienne Garcia, assistant director of Maria Montessori Charter Academy, told the council that the school has about 330 students, 30 staff members and a waiting list for enrollment. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

There are now more than ninety Free Israel videos, with more than sixty million views, in whole or in part, across social-media platforms, and Schleien has a waiting list of more than six hundred groups requesting a meeting. — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

Ish, a family friend of Yuk and Sue Wong, carries the waiting list of customers at the Lake Balboa restaurant on Sunday. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

The facility sold out before it was completed and currently has a waiting list of nearly 300. — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for waiting list

• blastocyst
• bolshevist
• coexist
• egoist
• hedonist
• jihadist
• nativist
• oculist
• reminisced
• trotskyist
• assist
• blacklist

Kids Definition

waiting list

noun

: a list containing names of people who are waiting (as for admission to an organization or school)