wait on

Meaning

1. To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
2. (colloquial) To wait for (a person).
3. (colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).
4. To be in store for (someone).
5. (archaic) To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony.
6. (archaic) To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something).
7. (archaic) To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.).
8. To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.
9. (US, archaic, colloquial) To court (someone).
10. (archaic) To obey and pay attention to (someone); to follow (a leader); to attend to (someone); to be subject to (someone).

Synonyms

serve

attend

wait upon

wait

attend to

assist

wait up

abide

call on

minister

manage

operate

reside

service

take care

tend

wait for

waitress

wait at table

attend upon

await

bide

clean

contemplate

function

help

imperial

lackey

look after

Translations

servire

servir

servir

assistir

aufwarten

αναβάλλω αναμμένος

assister

régler

attendere

operare

bedienen

يشغل

helpen

wachten op

operar