All waiting antonyms
wait·ing
W w adjective waiting
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- slow-moving — proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- indulgent — characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
- unpunctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- slow on the uptake — slow to understand or learn
- on pins and needles — a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.
- time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
- appetent — having an eager longing or desire
- draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
noun waiting
- impetuosity — the quality or condition of being impetuous.
- irritableness — Quality of being irritable.
- shortness — having little length; not long.
- avigation — aerial navigation.
- volitation — the act or power of flying.
- fugue — Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
- winging — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- outs — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
- edginess — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- impatience — lack of patience.
- flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.