Related Words for standby

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understudy
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Noun, Verb
secondary
/xxx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
emergency
x/xx
Noun
backup
/x
Noun
switch
/
Noun
battery
/xx
Noun
fallback
/x
Noun
mode
/
Noun
shutdown
/x
Noun
idle
/x
Adjective
reboot
x/
Noun
operation
xx/x
Noun
active
/x
Adjective
hibernation
xx/x
Noun
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
waiting
/x
Verb
stand
/
Noun
delay
x/
Noun
pause
/
Noun
rest
/
Noun
meantime
/x
Noun
contingency plan
x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
time lag
//
Phrase, Noun
while
/
Noun
suspension
x/x
Noun
moratorium
xx/xx
Noun
postponement
x/x
Noun
stopgap
/x
Noun
sitting
/x
Verb
retirement
x/xx
Noun
interim
/xx
Noun
waiting list
/x/
Phrase, Noun
question mark
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stoppage
/x
Noun
precautionary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
stopover
/xx
Noun
watch
/
Noun
staging post
/x/
Phrase, Noun
layoff
/x
Noun
layover
/xx
Noun
ongoing
/xx
Adjective
backlog
/x
Noun
arrangement
x/x
Noun
space
/
Noun
future
/x
Noun
stage
/
Noun
dwell
/
Verb
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
suspense
x/
Noun
interruption
xx/x
Noun
hiatus
x/x
Noun
call
/
Noun
moment
/x
Noun
countdown
/x
Noun
going
/x
Verb
forethought
/x
Noun
interregnum
xx/x
Noun
window
/x
Noun
stop
/
Noun
just a second
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
wartime
/x
Noun
position
x/x
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun
tentative
/xx
Adjective
circumstance
/xx
Noun
coming
/x
Verb
second
/x
Noun
preview
/x
Noun
sabbatical
x/xx
Noun
system
/x
Noun
prospect
/x
Noun
vacation
x/x
Noun
leave of absence
///x
Phrase, Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
turnout
/x
Noun
overtime
/xx
Noun
treadmill
/x
Noun
babysitting
/xxx
Noun
walkout
/x
Noun
maybe
/x
Adverb
arrival
x/x
Noun
stag
/
Noun
borrowed time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
snapshot
/x
Noun
foretaste
x/
Noun
peacetime
/x
Noun
brief
/
Adjective
crisis
/x
Noun
spell
/
Noun
train
/
Noun
latency
/xx
Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
intention
x/x
Noun
upcoming
/xx
Noun
answer
/x
Noun
point of view
///
Phrase, Noun
queue
/
Noun
conjuncture
x/x
Noun
step
/
Noun
just a minute
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
short term
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
stint
/
Noun
prognosis
x/x
Noun
observation
xx/x
Noun
quick fix
//
Phrase, Noun
aspect
/x
Noun
audition
x/x
Noun
fate
/
Noun
active service
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
precondition
xx/x
Noun
white space
//
Name, Name
idea
x/x
Noun
booking
/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun
meanwhile
/x
Adverb
instant
/x
Noun
sortie
/x
Noun
signal
/x
Noun
spring
/
Noun
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
headway
/x
Noun
pix
/
Noun
diver
/x
Noun
redundancy
x/xx
Noun
generator
/xxx
Noun
server
/x
Noun
pump
/
Noun
current
/x
Noun
counsel
/x
Noun
facility
x/xx
Noun
dissipation
xx/x
Noun
letters
/x
Noun
loan
/
Noun
old
/
Adjective
databases
/xxx
Noun
hot
/
Adjective
equipment
x/x
Noun
supply
x/
Noun
resorted
x/x
Verb
units
/x
Noun
configuration
xxx/x
Noun
basis
/x
Noun
logical
/xx
Adjective
reliable
x/xx
Adjective
fly
/
Verb
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective
duty
/x
Noun
ready
/x
Adjective
node
/
Noun
surgical
/xx
Adjective
tax
/
Noun
power
/x
Noun
faithful
/x
Adjective
cold
/
Adjective
charge
/
Noun
warm
/
Adjective
purposes
/xx
Noun
source
/
Noun
permanent
/xx
Adjective
useful
/x
Adjective
placed
/
Verb
credit
/x
Noun
flight
/
Noun
component
x/x
Noun
kept
/
Verb
favorite
/xx
Adjective
authority
x/xx
Noun
agreements
x/x
Noun
adequate
/xx
Adjective, Verb
adjunct
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
alarm
x/
Noun, Verb
alert
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ally
/x
Noun, Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
awaiting
x/x
Verb
booster
/x
Noun, Verb
buffer
/x
Noun, Verb
bulwark
/x
Noun, Verb
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
caretaker
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cautionary
/xxx
Adjective
centralized
/xx
Adjective
concessionary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
conditioning
x/xx
Noun
confirmation
xx/x
Noun
confirmatory
x/xxx
Adjective
contingency
x/xx
Noun
contingent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
crop
/
Noun, Verb
custodian
x/xx
Noun
depository
x/xxx
Noun
dormant
/x
Adjective, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
entree
/x
Noun
eve
/
Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
expected
x/x
Adjective
filtering
/xx
Noun
forecast
/x
Noun, Verb
grievance
/x
Noun
guide
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hoped
/
Verb
hydroelectric
xxx/x
Adjective
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
installed
x/
Verb
instrument
/xx
Noun, Verb
intervention
xx/x
Noun
looks
/
Noun
mainstay
/x
Noun
occupation
xx/x
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outstanding
x/x
Adjective
pending
/x
Adjective
photovoltaic
xxx/x
Adjective
pool
/
Noun, Verb
potable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
predictive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
preparedness
x/xx
Noun
preventive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
prop
/
Noun, Verb
provisional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
readymade
/x/
Noun, Adjective
recovery
x/x
Noun
refuge
/x
Noun, Verb
relief
x/
Noun, Adjective
remedy
/xx
Noun, Verb
renewable
x/xx
Adjective, Name
requisite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
reservation
xx/x
Noun
reserve
x/
Noun, Verb
residual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
scapegoat
/x
Noun, Verb
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
spare
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
staple
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sufferance
/xx
Noun
uneconomical
xxx/xx
Adjective
unfunded
x/x
Adjective
upsurge
/x
Noun, Verb
warning
/x
Noun
willingness
/xx
Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name