waiter

Speech parts

1. waiter - Noun

2. waiter - Verb

Meaning

One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.

A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

butler chamberlain lackey reeve houseman purser nurse footman salver page host aid server servant employee
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Antonyms

lord householder proprietress host master owner
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Hypernyms

individual person occupation soul mortal somebody

Hyponyms

lurker sommelier lurcher counterman skulker carhop

Phrases with the word

waiter's assistant waiter lift land waiter

Anagrams

Tewari Wiater

Examples

A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally. Peter Ustinov

Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else - and must not a waiter be a little less than a waiter to be a good Bohemian? Djuna Barnes

I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It's an unpardonable sin as far as I'm concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction on a waiter or busboy. Anthony Bourdain

A diner having a row with a waiter in a swanky restaurant chills the blood in a way that a quarrel over a pizza order elsewhere would never do. Compassion is rarely the custom of the privileged. Derren Brown

Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant. Arundhati Roy

In a restaurant choose a table near a waiter. Jewish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

waite waited up waitee waiter lift waiter's assistant waiterage