WAIT-LIST Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

wait-list

verb

Definition of wait-list

as in to enroll

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Recent Examples of wait-list One way that is gaining popularity consists of using a wait-list control. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 May 2026 Deposits and advance wait-list registration is the largest of any new event in NASCAR history. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025 The company’s engineers deploy weekly updates, informed directly by the thousands of wait-list users who live in the inbox chaos daily. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025 Although both weekend passes are no longer available, fans can still sign up for two wait-lists. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wait-list

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Verb

Sadly, neither taxpayers nor students who enroll in these programs are winners.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Those included letters from immigration authorities, Social Security cards and a Defense Department letter purporting to say the immigrants were enrolled in military health coverage.

— Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of enroll

Verb

Hello again, friends — and welcome to all the newcomers who matriculated on over to the Win Column from Kick It, the AJC’s World Cup newsletter.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Fresh off the heels of graduation from high school, many rising freshmen are choosing to step off of the treadmill for a year before matriculating in college.

— DJ Didonna, Time, 13 July 2026

Definition of matriculate

Verb

Workers have registered their numbers to get paid through mobile money transactions, signed attendance sheets and waited for payment notifications, but only some were eventually paid.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Trump’s improbable rise to political dominance, which polls failed to register in the lead-up to the 2016 election, is a clear testament to that reality, and now Michigan has shown how similar head fakes can occur on the left.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of register

Verb

As of Thursday afternoon, she had not yet been booked into Riverside County, and no in-custody arraignment had been scheduled.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
The restaurants that need the visibility most are often the smaller, newer or lesser-known spots on the list, not the ones that are already hard to book on a normal Tuesday.

— Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of book

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