Waiting on
Synonyms for wait on
verb serve
arrange
attend
deal
deliver
help
minister
nurse
portion
ready
set
tend
care for
Usage Notes
Sometimes considered objectionable in standard usage, the idiom wait on meaning “to wait for, to await (a person)” is largely confined to speech or written representations of speech. It is most common in the Midland and Southern United States: Let’s not wait on Rachel, she’s always late. Wait on or upon (an event) does not have a regional pattern and occurs in a wide variety of contexts: We will wait on (or upon) his answer and make our decision then. The completion of the merger waits upon news of a drop in interest rates.
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Synonyms for waiting room noun room for attendants foyer vestibule lobby reception room antechamber anteroom salle d’attente
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Synonyms for waiting to adj forthcoming imminent looming approaching gathering threatening nearing near coming menacing at hand ominous proximate brewing overhanging hovering portending handwriting-on-the-wall in the cards in the offing in the wind looking to on the horizon see it coming Antonyms for waiting to gone later past distant never remote