wait: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with W · ends with T
Meaning of wait
verb
- intransitive
To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
Example: Wait here until your car arrives.
- US, intransitive, stative
To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
Example: She used to wait in this joint.
- intransitive
To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
- archaic, transitive
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
Example: to wait one’s turn
Listed forms: waits, waiting, waited, glossary, waitest.
Source: Wiktionary — wait.
noun
A delay.
Example: I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
An ambush.
Example: They lay in wait for the patrol.
- UK, in-plural
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
- obsolete
One who watches; a watchman.
Listed forms: waits, waight.
Source: Wiktionary — wait.
intj
- informal
Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow clarification.
Example: - And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?
Listed forms: waight.
Source: Wiktionary — wait.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for wait.
noun
time during which some action is awaited
- delay
- hold
- time lag
- postponement
noun
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
verb
wait before acting
- hold off
- hold back
verb
look forward to the probable occurrence of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wait in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of wait
W(4) + A(1) + I(1) + T(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of wait
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from wait
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wait. Showing up to 24, longest first.