Skip and Wait

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Skip verb - To move with a light springing step.

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Wait is an antonym for skip in bounce or jump over topic.

Nearby Words: skipped, skipping

Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.

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Skip is an antonym for wait.

Nearby Words: waited, waiting, waiter

generation	skip generation	wait generation
area	skip area	wait area
turn	skip turn	wait turn
number	skip number	wait number
Other words: rest, scene, episode, phase, way, screen, half, bit, game, minutes, years, hours, times, chapters, turns.

Well maybe I'll just skip this chapter and...wait she can see ghosts?

Source: Fan Fic / Soul Chess
Time Skip: In "Angry Old Raisin", Cricket turns himself and the rest of the main characters into babies, and they have to wait 20 years to turn back to normal.

Source: Western Animation / Pig Goat Banana Cricket

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Wait and Skip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/skip/wait

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Wait or Skip. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/skip/wait.

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