waiting list

noun

An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

“He is still on the waiting list for public housing.”

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Meanings

nounwaiting list (plural waiting lists)

plural waiting lists

  1. An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

    He is still on the waiting list for public housing.

    1 more example

    An end to austerity, with the fastest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years.

    2026 June 22, Keir Starmer, resignation speech

    Synonyms: waitlist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

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Translations

Afrikaans waglys
  • waglysordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Arabic قَائِمَة اَلْاِنْتِظَار
  • قَائِمَة اَلْاِنْتِظَار (qāʔimat al-intiẓār)ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Bulgarian списък с чакащи
  • списък с чакащи (spisăk s čakašti)ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Catalan llista d'espera
  • llista d'esperaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Chinese Mandarin 候補名單 /候补名单
  • 候補名單 /候补名单 (hòubǔ míngdān)ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Czech pořadník
  • pořadníkordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Danish venteliste
  • ventelisteordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Dutch wachtlijst
  • wachtlijstordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Esperanto atendolisto
  • atendolistoordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Finnish jonotuslista, odotuslista
  • jonotuslistaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
  • odotuslistaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
French liste d'attente
  • liste d'attenteordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
German Warteliste
  • Wartelisteordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Greek λίστα αναμονής
  • λίστα αναμονής (lísta anamonís)ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Hebrew רשימת המתנה
  • רשימת המתנה (reshimat hamtana)ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Hungarian várólista
  • várólistaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Italian lista d'attesa
  • lista d'attesaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Japanese 順番待ちの名簿
  • 順番待ちの名簿 (junban-machi no meibo)ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Norwegian Bokmål venteliste
  • ventelisteordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Polish lista oczekujących
  • lista oczekującychordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Portuguese lista de espera
  • lista de esperaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Romanian listă de așteptare
  • listă de așteptareordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Russian спи́сок очерёдности
  • спи́сок очерёдности (spísok očerjódnosti)ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Spanish lista de espera
  • lista de esperaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Swedish väntelista, kölista
  • väntelistaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
  • kölistaordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
  • köordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Vietnamese danh sách chờ đợi, danh sách chờ
  • danh sách chờ đợiordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
  • danh sách chờordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
  • danh sách đợiordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
Cite this entry
APA

waiting list. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waiting%20list

MLA

“waiting list.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waiting%20list. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waiting list,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waiting%20list.

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