Synonyms of the word

waiting

• v. present participle of wait.
• n. (obsolete) Watching.
• n. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
• n. Attendance, service.

inactivity

• n. The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

ready

• adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
• adj. Inclined; apt to happen.
• adj. Liable at any moment.
• adj. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
• adj. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
• v. To make prepared for action.
• n. (slang) ready money; cash.

wait

• v. (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now…
• v. (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
• v. (intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
• v. (obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
• v. (obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
• v. (obsolete) To defer or postpone (a meal).
• v. (intransitive) To remain celibate while one's lover is unavailable.
• n. A delay.
• n. An ambush.
• n. (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
• n. (in the plural, obsolete, Britain) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
• n. (in the plural, archaic, Britain) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially…