Look
Look verb - Look forward to the probable occurrence of.
Usage example: She is looking to a promotion
Wait
Wait verb - Look forward to the probable occurrence of.
Usage example: he is waiting to be drafted
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| close | close look | close wait |
| old | old look | old wait |
| good | good look | good wait |
| long | long look | long wait |
| Other adjectives: typical, usual, short, standard, single, big, little, odd, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Legendary Frog used it in his Resident Evil flash cartoon, only Brad doesn't even wait to see if they look, he just runs like hell.
Source: Look Behind You / Web Comics -
The cousin uses it to show what she will look like when she is sixteen, and Archie quips that he might just put him self into cryo-freeze to wait until then.
Source: The Jail Bait Wait - Bringing her to Fort Dawnguard instead will prompt her to comment that she doesn't like the look of the place and wait for you at the entrance.
Cite this Source
Wait and Look. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/wait
Look & Wait. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/wait>.
Wait or Look. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/wait.
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