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| Main Entry: | wait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, delay |
| Synonyms: | down, downtime*, halt, hold*, interim, interval, rest, stay, hold-up, on hold, time wasted |
| Antonyms: | act, continuation, doing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wait |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pause, rest |
| Synonyms: | abide, anticipate, await, bide, bide one's time, cool it, dally, delay, expect, fill time, foresee, hang around*, hang onto your hat, hang out, hang*, hold back, hold everything, hold on, hold the phone, hole up*, keep shirt on, lie in wait, lie low, linger, look for, look forward to, mark time*, put on hold, remain, save it, sit tight*, sit up for, stall, stand by, stay, stay up for, stick around*, sweat it, tarry, watch |
| Antonyms: | carry out, do, forge, forward, go, go ahead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, decoy, ensnare, entrap, hide, hook*, jump, lurk, net, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay, ambuscade, box in, bushwhack, dry gulch, hem in, jap, lay for, set trap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bear with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tolerate |
| Synonyms: | endure, forbear, suffer, wait, be patient, make allowance, put up with |
| Antonyms: | not bear, not tolerate |
| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
| Synonyms: | amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally*, drag, fool around*, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey*, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind, check, detention, downtime*, filibuster, hindrance, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, remission, reprieve, setback, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, wait, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, discontinuation, hangup, hold-up, holding, lingering, logjam, loitering, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, retardation, retardment, showstopper, tarrying, tie-up |
| Notes: | various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hurry, rush, speed, hastening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interlude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, break |
| Synonyms: | breathing space*, delay, episode, halt, hiatus, interim, intermission, interruption, interval, lull, meantime, meanwhile, recess, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, wait, idyll, interregnum, parenthesis |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intermission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, recess |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, breather, cessation, doldrums, downtime*, interim, interlude, interruption, interval, layoff, lull, pause, quiescence, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait, abeyancy, break-off, breathing spell, dormancy, interregnum, latency, let-up, parenthesis, quiescency |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
| Synonyms: | breach, breathing space*, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five*, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten*, term, time, time-out, wait, while, interregnum, parenthesis, pausation |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loiter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang around; stroll |
| Synonyms: | amble, dabble, dally*, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, flag, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shuffle, slacken, tarry, trail, traipse, wait, waste time, fritter away, get no place fast, pass time, shamble, slough |
| Antonyms: | hurry, leave, rush, vamoose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lurk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide; move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | creep, crouch, gumshoe, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, steal, wait, conceal oneself, go furtively, lie in wait, stay hidden |
| Antonyms: | come out |
| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, suspend |
| Synonyms: | ballast, brood, float, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait, be ready |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | procrastinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, put off doing |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one's feet, give the run around, goldbrick, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game, play for time, poke*, postpone, prolong, protract, retard, shilly-shally*, stall, stay, suspend, tarry, temporize, wait |
| Antonyms: | accelerate, advance, complete, do, finish, go ahead, quicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay, wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk*, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hover, inhabit, last, linger, live, lodge, nest, outlast, outlive, pause, perch, persist, prevail, reside, rest, roost, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stop, survive, tarry, visit, wait, be left, bivouac, hang out, hold over, hold the fort, keep on, make camp, put on hold, remain standing, sit out, sit through, stay behind, stay in, stay over, stay put, stick around |
| Antonyms: | depart, forge, go, leave, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standstill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | arrest, cessation, check, checkmate, corner*, dead end*, deadlock, delay, gridlock, halt, hole, impasse, inaction, pause, stalemate, standoff, wait, dead stop |
| Antonyms: | advance, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, dally, drag, drag one's feet, dwell, filibuster, get no place fast, goof around, hang around*, hold the phone, lag, linger, lodge, loiter, lose time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, remain, rest, sojourn, stall, stay, stick around, stop, stop over, tail, take one's time, temporize, tool*, trail, visit, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | carry on, complete, finish, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mark time |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait around |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bide one's time, cool one's heels, pass time, queue up, tread water, wait |
| Main Entry: | stopping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | staying |
| Synonyms: | block, check, delay, deterring, discontinuance, end, ending, finish, halt, halting, hesitation, pause, remaining, suspension, wait, ceasing, closing, desisting, holding, terminating |
| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect; predict |
| Synonyms: | assume, await, bargain for*, conjecture, count on, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretell, jump the gun*, prognosticate, prophesy, see, suppose, visualize, wait, be afraid, count chickens, cross the bridge, foretaste, have a hunch, hope for, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, promise oneself, see coming, see in the cards, wait for |
| Antonyms: | doubt, be amazed, be surprised |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | halt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, cause to stop |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, balk, bar, block, break off*, cease, check, curb*, cut short, desist, deter, draw up, end, frustrate, hamper, hold back, impede, interrupt, obstruct, pause, pull up*, punctuate, rest, stall, stay, stem, stop, suspend, terminate, wait, blow the whistle on, bring to an end, bring to standstill, call it a day, cease fire, close down, come to an end, cool it, drop anchor, hold at bay, intermit, put a cork in, stand still |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, forge, forward, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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