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Synonyms for await

  • verb

Most common

remain anticipate listen attend to

All synonyms

Verb

1. Expect

wait for, look, wait on, anticipate, look for, remain, service, linger, wait dated, expect dated, bide dated, abide dated, tarry dated, stay dated, attend dated

Other

listen, attend to

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To wait for.

    I await your reply to my letter.

Forms

Past participle
awaited
e.g. awaited → looked, anticipated, remained, serviced…

Example sentences

  • remain No visitor can remain in the hospital after 9 p.m.
  • anticipate I didn't anticipate that there would be a problem.
  • listen I have no time to listen to such everyday affairs.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
awaitfalling
remainsteady
anticipatesteady
listenrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
look1, wait1, stay1, bide1
5 letters
abide2, tarry2
6 letters
listen2, expect2, remain2, attend2, linger2
7 letters
service2
10 letters
anticipate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abide2 = 2 syllables).