Wait crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Wait” are LOOK or LURK, with 4 letters. Below are 7 answers from 4 to 12 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

LOOK 4 letters · verb

look forward to the probable occurrence of “She is looking to a promotion”

DELAY 5 letters · noun

time during which some action is awaited “instant replay caused too long a delay”

EXPECT 6 letters · verb

look forward to the probable occurrence of “We were expecting a visit from our relatives”

ANTICIPATE 10 letters · verb

regard something as probable or likely

POSTPONEMENT 12 letters · noun

time during which some action is awaited

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “waited” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “wait” means

• verb: stay in one place and anticipate or expect something (“I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets”)
• verb: wait before acting
• verb: look forward to the probable occurrence of (“he is waiting to be drafted”)
• verb: serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant (“I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as WAIT, and words whose definition is WAIT. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.