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

The company has started a waiting list, with the first pressing reserved for users who sign up. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

The office has joined a waiting list to receive another courthouse dog. — Rose Evans august 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026

More than 103,000 people are on the US organ transplant waiting list, and there were more than 49,000 transplants last year. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

Last year, there were more than 48,000 transplants in the US, but more than 103,000 people were on waiting lists, with another person being added to the list every 8 minutes. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 5 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)