Related Words for wait

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await
x/
Verb, Verb
delay
x/
Verb, Verb, Noun
postponement
x/x
Noun, Noun
hold
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
look
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
expect
x/
Noun, Verb
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
time lag
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
waite
/
Name
take
/
Verb
hoping
/x
Verb
tell
/
Verb
hurry
/x
Noun
decide
x/
Verb
arrive
x/
Verb
just
/
Adverb
want
/
Verb
guess
/
Noun
gotta
/x
Noun
please
/
Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
impatiently
x/xx
Adverb
watch
/
Noun
leave
/
Verb
bide
/
Noun
hesitate
/xx
Verb
come
/
Verb
wish
/
Noun
anxiously
/xx
Adverb
queue
/
Noun
ready
/x
Adjective
stand
/
Noun
forget
x/
Verb
hear
/
Verb
pause
/
Noun
finally
/xx
Adverb
need
/
Noun
defer
x/
Verb
wanna
/x
Noun
refuse
x/
Noun
know
/
Verb
glad
/
Adjective
check
/
Noun
stop
/
Noun
hang
/
Verb
then
/
Adverb
listen
/x
Verb
rush
/
Noun
begged
/
Verb
complain
x/
Verb
give
/
Verb
gonna
/x
Noun
hopefully
/xx
Adverb
dare
/
Verb
pray
/
Verb
patient
/x
Noun, Adjective
speculate
/xx
Verb
time
/
Noun
read
/
Verb
will
/
Noun
should
/
Verb, Noun
endure
x/
Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
pretend
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
talk
/
Noun
stay
/
Verb
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
tarry
/x
Noun
procrastinate
x/xx
Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
retard
x/
Verb
put off
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
stall
/
Noun
park
/
Noun
belay
x/
Noun
hold over
//x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
abide
x/
Verb
long for
/x
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
sit out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
forbear
x/
Verb
adjourn
x/
Verb
push off
//
Phrase, Verb
prolong
x/
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
search
/
Noun
tardy
/x
Adjective
forestall
x/
Verb
hove
/
Name
detain
x/
Verb
set back
//
Phrase, Verb
sleep
/
Noun
halt
/
Noun
withhold
x/
Verb
vamp
/
Noun
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
abstain
x/
Verb
remit
x/
Noun
hinder
/x
Verb
shift
/
Noun
while
/
Noun
slow
/
Adjective
draw near
//
Phrase, Verb
lay in
/x
Phrase, Verb
rest
/
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun
inch
/
Noun
catch
/
Noun
lay hold of
///
Phrase, Verb
thwart
/
Verb
refrain
x/
Noun
help
/
Noun
trail behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
intervene
xx/
Verb
come to a stop
//x/
Phrase, Verb
remove
x/
Verb
depend
x/
Verb
precaution
x/x
Noun
retract
x/
Verb
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
slow down
/x
Phrase, Verb
elongate
x/x
Adjective
retain
x/
Verb
hang up
//
Phrase, Verb
catch up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
pull in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold down
//
Phrase, Verb
step aside
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dally
/x
Name
make haste
//
Phrase, Verb
stand by
//
Phrase, Verb
breathe
/
Verb
follow
/x
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
notice
/x
Noun
make way
//
Phrase, Verb
keep
/
Verb
minute
/x
Noun
til
/
Verb
awhile
x/
Noun, Adverb
longer
/x
Adjective
nightfall
/x
Noun
morrow
/x
Noun
patience
/x
Noun
tomorrow
x/x
Noun
passively
/xx
Adverb
expectantly
x/xx
Adverb
daybreak
/x
Noun
interminably
/xxxx
Adverb
daylight
/x
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
seconds
/x
Noun
lobby
/x
Noun
outside
//
Adverb
reinforcements
xx/x
Noun
lounge
/
Noun
monday
/x
Name
hardly
/x
Adverb
access
/x
Noun, Verb
add
/
Verb, Noun
ado
x/
Noun
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
asynchronous
//xx
Adjective
backlog
/x
Noun, Verb
beeping
/x
Noun
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
clem
/
Name, Verb
coco
/x
Name
collection
x/x
Noun
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crow
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
extension
x/x
Noun
forecast
/x
Noun, Verb
forever
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forwarding
/xx
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
guys
/
Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hey
/
Name
hid
/
Adjective, Noun
hogarth
/x
Name
hours
/x
Name
impatience
x/x
Noun
intermission
xx/x
Noun
interrupt
xx/
Verb, Noun
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
lie in wait
/x/
Phrase, Verb
likely
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
line
/
Noun, Verb
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
loitering
/xx
Noun
look for
//
Phrase, Verb
look forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
look to
//
Phrase, Verb
lull
/
Noun, Verb
lurk
/
Verb, Noun
meantime
/x
Noun, Adverb
molly
/x
Name, Verb
moratorium
xx/xx
Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
overdue
/x/
Adjective
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
refresh
x/
Verb, Noun
reset
x/
Verb, Noun
retest
//
Noun, Verb
ride
/
Noun, Verb
rorschach
/x
Name
routing
/x
Noun
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
screams
/
Noun, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
sit
/
Verb, Noun
standby
//
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
steady
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
stick around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
sufferance
/xx
Noun
surprise
x/
Noun, Verb
suspense
x/
Noun, Adjective
table
/x
Noun, Verb
till
/
Noun, Verb
trek
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
vigil
/x
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
walt
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
weeks
/
Noun
what
/
Adverb, Noun
whoa
/
Verb
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name