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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

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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

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Main Entry:	abide
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stop temporarily and wait for
Synonyms:	anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, wait, stick around*
Antonyms:	carry on, continue, go, move

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main Entry:	holdup
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	problem
Synonyms:	bottleneck, delay, difficulty, gridlock, hitch, obstruction, setback, snag, stoppage, traffic jam*, trouble, wait
Antonyms:	aid, assistance, help

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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

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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

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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

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Main Entry:	linger
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	loiter, delay
Synonyms:	amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drift, falter, fool around, fritter away, goof off, hang around, hang out, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, remain, saunter, shuffle, sit around, slouch, stagger, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, take one's time, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trifle, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around
Antonyms:	go, hurry, leave, rush

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Main Entry:	linger
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	continue, endure
Synonyms:	abide, bide, cling, hang on, last, persist, remain, stand, stay, survive, wait, stick around
Antonyms:	halt, stop

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

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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

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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