Synonyms for waiter

Most common

servant · valet · lackey · tray · disher · salver

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

   Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.

Related words

Word family

waitron wait waitress

Phrases

wine waiter drinks waiter landing waiter waiter's friend waiter's knife

Forms

Plural

waiters → valets, servants, lackeys, servers…

Example sentences

• servant A small regent is worth more than a large servant.
• valet Sami parked his car and gave his keys to the valet.
• lackey You treat me like a lackey and I don't like it.
• tray Yuri brought Martha her tray of food to her table.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

tray¹

5 letters

valet²

6 letters

server², lackey², disher², salver

7 letters

servant²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (valet² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

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