Thesaurus results for WAITER

waiter

noun

ˈwā-tər

as in waitress

a person who serves food or drink waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers

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Recent Examples of waiter The waiter was fun to chat with and made great recommendations. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026 At La Valencia, where the kitchen was far from the dining room, waiters would transport dishes under silver cloches to keep them warm while creating an air of sophistication. —

Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026 Portraying the couple at their best were not paparazzi, fans, or photographers hired for red carpets and covers, but cooks, waiters, and caterers. —

Alessia Amorosini, Vanity Fair, 4 June 2026 The food is excellent, and waiters/bartenders are very friendly and helpful. —

Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiter

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By now, however, most know him as the lovable, cello-playing geek Leonard Hofstadter who married the pretty blonde waitress.

— Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
For just a little while, let yourself get lost in the off-kilter world and fun details of the artworks, from the cat-eye glasses made out of forks on the waitress to the mermaid’s tail, made entirely from tin can tops.

— Alissa Greenberg, Mercury News, 15 June 2026